Roscoe Robinson Jr.
Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Robinson graduated from Sumner High School in January 1946 and then attended Stowe College for one semester.[1] He studied at Saint Louis University for a year and then transferred to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1947.[1] After his retirement, he was asked to look over a panel of people who were examining the Korean War performance of some highly criticized army units.After a battle with leukemia, Robinson died on 22 July 1993, at the Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., at the age of 64, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.The Roscoe Robinson Health Clinic at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg is also named in his honor.
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