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BILLY DALE ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1950 – February 14, 1969
Service recordBilly Dale Roberts, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 34
- MARK FREDERICK POWERSLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- SALVADOR ORTENCIO RICARDOCorporal · February 14, 1969
- THOMAS LOUIS ROSSIPrivate · February 14, 1969
- STEPHEN LAWREN SCHUMACHERSpecialist Four · February 14, 1969
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.