Ernest Robinson

Korean War
Service #17261056
UnitD BTRY 82 AAA AW BN 2 DIV
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Date of DeathMarch 31 1951
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
6
Good Conduct Medal (Army)
Korean Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Prisoner of War Medal
Purple Heart
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea War Service Medal
United Nations Service Medal
Sergeant Robinson was awarded the Purple Heart, the Good Conduct Medal, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.
Notes
Sergeant Robinson, a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Leech Lake Pillager, was assigned to Battery D, 82nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was taken Prisoner of War while fighting the enemy near Hoensong, South Korea on February 13, 1951 and died enroute to the Suan holding camp in North Korea on March 31, 1951. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.