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CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1944 – August 12, 1969
Service recordCharles Dwaine Roberts, of Norman, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Norman, Oklahoma (Cleveland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 8
- BRUCE MICHAEL BARNESSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- THEODORE F BENVENUTO JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- BOBBY LEE BEVARDSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- ALAN WAYNE MEDIATELance Corporal · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNY RAY LAPPINStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 17
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 17
- AARON BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 23
- STEPHEN ALLEN SNIDOWCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 24
- MILLARD PRESTON WHEELERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 27
From Norman
- JERRY ROBERT JONESStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL TIFFANYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CHARLEY LE MEAR MOUNTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- WILLIAM WEBB BLAIR JRCorporal · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN AMSPACHERSpecialist Four · December 25, 1968
- DAVID PHILLIP NEISLARLieutenant (junior grade) · February 20, 1969
- RAMEY LEO CARPENTERLieutenant · March 31, 1969
- LARRY GENE MORGANSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- ALLAN LESLIE SMITHMajor · May 10, 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.