The Wall › Panel 19E › Georgia › Ben Roberts
BEN ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1947 – May 3, 1967
Service recordBen Roberts, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 31
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 31
- MICHAEL FRANCIS HUWELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- WINSTON GLENWOOD RAYMOCorporal · May 3, 1967
- JOHN CLIMATH RICEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES ROSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- HERMAN JOHN VOLLMERPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 1966
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.