Rembrandt C. Robinson
American naval commander
Died when: 47 years 219 days (571 months)Star Sign: Libra
Rembrandt Cecil Robinson (October 2, 1924 – May 8, 1972) was a United States Navy officer who was stationed in the Tonkin Gulf during the Vietnam War.
Robinson died in 1972, in a helicopter crash; he was the only Navy flag officer killed during the Vietnam War. His remains were cremated and the ashes were spread at sea from USS Orleck off San Diego, California.
Robinson has a memorial cross in Arlington National Cemetery. Robinson was the last American flag officer to die as a result of official duty in a combat zone until Lieutenant General Timothy J.
Maude was killed at the Pentagon in the September 11 attacks of 2001, and the last killed in the line of duty abroad until Major General Harold J.
Greene in Afghanistan in 2014.
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