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 Class of 1960
LTJG - O2 - Navy - Regular
graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1964.
Length of service 3 years
His tour began on Jul 15, 1967
Casualty was on Jul 15, 1967
In , NORTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH AT SEA
Body was not recovered
The Wall Panel 23E - Line 74
Lieutenant Junior Grade Robin B. Cassell was a Navy pilot assigned to Attack Squadron 152 onboard the aircraft carrier USS ORISKANY. On July 15, 1967 he launched in his A1H Skyraider aircraft as the flight leader of a section of A1H's on a daytime armed coastal reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam.
During the mission, Cassell's aircraft was seen to be hit by automatic weapons fire during an attack on water craft near Cua Dai, North Vietnam. (This is in the approximate region of the city of Thanh Hoa.) Cassell radioed, "I'm hit" and shortly thereafter his plane crashed into the sea and exploded on impact. No parachute was seen, and search and rescue efforts turned up negative results.
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Phil Davidson (1960)
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006about Robin Bern Cassell
Name: Robin Bern Cassell
Service Info.: LT JG US NAVY
Birth Date: 6 Dec 1941
Death Date: 15 Jul 1967
Interment Date: 15 Jul 1967
Cemetery: Golden Gate National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 1300 Sneath Lane San Bruno, CA 94066
Buried At: Section MA Site 95
Barry McCaffrey (1960)
Robin and I were very good friends at PAHS. We continued in contact when he went to the Naval Academy and I off to West Point the same class.
Such a superb person. Great athlete. Very intelligent.... handsome...spiritual.....a wonderful friend to have.
In 1970--- I was on a visit to the Naval Academy while a patient at walter Reed Army hospital. Had been wounded by a machine gun in Vietnam. Was shocked and saddened to see his name in a memorial of those KIA fighting in the war. Did not know he had been lost in air combat over North Vietnam flying off a carrier.
This was a very remarkable young man. Such a loss. He had enormous leadership potential.
Rest in peace.
Barry McCaffrey
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