On March 12, 1969, Staff Sgt. Floyd H.
Robinson was serving as pointman for
a 5-man reconnaissance team of a
rifle company. The team was
operating in Kontum Province, South
Vietnam, about 10 miles
west-northwest of the city of Dak
To.
During the mission, the team became
engaged in a heavy fire fight in the
late afternoon. At that time,
Robinson and two other team members
were separated from the team leader
and his assistant. The three men
began to escape and evade in a
heavily congested area. They
continued to evade until 1700 hours.
On March 14, they had crossed a
stream and had moved south where
they were ambushed by a squad-sized
element of communist soldiers. The
three men returned fire and were
able to break contact. Robinson
proceeded north on a trail, while
the other men sought to find cover
in the thick brush. That was the
last time Robinson was seen alive.
The two other men continued to evade
and were eventually returned to
friendly forces. Company-sized
operations were conducted in the
area in which Robinson was last seen
for two weeks after the loss without
a sign of Robinson. He was
classified Missing in Action.
Staff Sgt Robinson was born on
January 28, 1949, His home was
Burlington, Kansas, He was just 20
years old, Not even of legal age in
America, He loved his country and
gave everything he had to keep it
and all of its people safe.
Company E, 1st Battalion, 8th
Infantry, 4th Infantry Division
Let's bring him home
