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CHARLES CAMILLE ROBERTS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 16, 1948 – July 8, 1966
Service recordCharles Camille Roberts, of Newport, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 8
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Metal Worker (1316)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 TANK BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Newport, Tennessee (Cocke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 8
- CHARLES EDWARD SCHAFERPrivate First Class · July 8, 1966
- JIM L SMITHSpecialist Four · July 8, 1966
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
From Newport
- CHARLES RANSOME RAINESPrivate First Class · December 22, 1969
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.