Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 18-Dec-1946
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Marital status: Married to Ruby J. Pinkney
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 17-Sep-1969
Start of tour: 9-Mar-1970
Incident date: 16-Aug-1970
Date of casualty: 16-Aug-1970
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Robertis Pinkney was killed while a gunner on a military vehicle leaving a night defensive position when a mine detonated. / Gunner on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) leaving night defensive position (NDP). Detonated hostile mine.
Two Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SGT Percy Eugene Bly Jr
SP4 Robertis Pinkney
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 906 324
Place of interment: Hays Creek Cemetery African American, Winona, Mississippi, USA
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