Leonidas I. Robinson Military person

Third Lieutenant Leonidas I. Robinson (unknown–June 6, 1891) was the first graduate of the School of Instruction of the Revenue Cutter Service to die in the line of duty. He drowned during small-boat operations June 6, 1891 at Icy Bay near Sitka, Alaska while assigned to the USRC Bear. He was a member of the graduating class of 1889 and is honored on the Wall of Remembrance at the United States Coast Guard Academy. The Wall of Remembrance honors those graduates who perished during an operational mission.

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Birth dateJanuary 01, 1877
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1891
Place of death
Sitka Alaska

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service start1889
service end1891

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Carlton SkinnerPolitician
Bruce E. MelnickAstronaut

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