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ALTON REESE ROBERTS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 17, 1951 – April 13, 1971
Service recordAlton Reese Roberts, of Gastonia, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 122
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Gastonia, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1971. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4W, Line 122
- ELMER TIM ROSSSergeant First Class · April 13, 1971
- LAMAR LONGO WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 13, 1971
- RENE AUGUST ZIMMERLEPrivate First Class · April 13, 1971
- TERRY JOE BAILEYCorporal · April 14, 1971
From Gastonia
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM RAMEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LYNN COUICKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.