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ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 10, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordArchie James Roberts JR, of Corona, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Corona, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 25
- CHESTER J RADGOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT CRAWFORD RANSOM JRSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- GREGORY ALLEN RUSSELLSergeant · May 11, 1968
- LEROY FRANK VALDEZSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVIS GALPINCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 20
- RICHARD CURTIS JACKSONSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 22
- BOBBY JOE MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 23
- MICHAEL DAVID MUELLERSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 24
- ROBERT CRAWFORD RANSOM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 25
- KEITH DAN VINCENTCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 27
- DAVID CLAUD WELLSCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 28
From Corona
- ROBERT EMMETT JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- MIGUEL ZARAGOZA CONTRERASLance Corporal · July 20, 1967
- FRANK DANIEL LEALPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY J OROSCOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- ROBERT LEE WILKESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JOSEPH TREJO JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- EDWARD GERARD MATHERNPrivate First Class · September 3, 1970
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.