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BILLY JACK ROBERTS
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 26, 1949 – February 28, 1970
Service recordBilly Jack Roberts, of Mesquite, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Mesquite, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 69
- WALTER THOMAS SMITHSergeant · February 28, 1970
- GREGORY SQUARESpecialist Four · February 28, 1970
- EDWARD JOHN VAILLANCOURTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1970
- JACK ALAN VANWIERENSpecialist Four · February 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RICHARD BAGGETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 66
- DONNIE RAY CHASTAINSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 67
- DOUGLAS MORRIS WOODWARDSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 67
- JAMES PRICE DEVANEYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 68
- ROBERT ELDRIDGE GUTHRIECorporal · Panel 13W, Line 68
- EUGENE CARTERSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 70
From Mesquite
- WILLIAM THOMAS HARRISCaptain · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT MALICHI HOWELL JRLance Corporal · August 3, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS WITHROWPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- ROBERT BRYAN COTTENAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES ANDREW SWANCYCorporal · September 23, 1967
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1968
- JOHN WALTER DUNLAPSpecialist Four · July 6, 1968
- GARY LEE LABONTECorporal · July 17, 1968
- SCOTT FERRIS MOORE JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 20, 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.