Rank: Specialist 5
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 31B – Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 31-Jul-1949
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 27-Oct-1966
Start of tour: 5-Jul-1971
Incident date: 28-Dec-1971
Date of casualty: 28-Dec-1971
Age at death: 22
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Other Accident. Accidental homicide.
Albert Simon Robalin Jr died while a gunner on a military vehicle on a military mission when an explosive device detonated. / Individual was a gunner on Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) on reconnaissance mission. Explosive device was detonated. Unknown if result of hostile action. Invistigation: Individual was sitting in rear of APC when M-16 was accidently discharged from within the APC, striking individual in abdomen.
Location of fatality: Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, YT 043 215
Place of interment: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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