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ARTHUR PAUL ROBERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1950 – June 19, 1971
Service recordArthur Paul Roberson, of Banning, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 83
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Banning, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 83
- FIATELE TAULAGO TEOSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
- JEFFREY SCOTT WESOLOWSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
- WHEELER DAVID BROOKSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1971
- JOHN EUGENE LEISSpecialist Four · June 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FIATELE TAULAGO TEOSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 83
From Banning
- WILLIAM JOHN LYONSFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1965
- VERLAND ANSEL GILBERTSONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- LYNN DOYLE SHUGARTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- GEORGE LEONARD LOPEZPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
- DAVID LEE HICKSSpecialist Four · September 21, 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.