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CHARLES G ROBERTS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1943 – November 22, 1967
Service recordCharles G Roberts, of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 66
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 66
- LARRY GENE POWELLMajor · November 22, 1967
- ALLYSON YUKIO SASAKIPrivate · November 22, 1967
- JAMES PAUL SAURINISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEVESTER GRIFFINPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 62
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 63
- MCELREE MAYS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 63
- JOHN ALAN MACDONALDSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 64
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 64
- GEORGE OSBORNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 64
- TUNIS E RAPPLEYEA JRSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 65
- JAMES PAUL SAURINISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 66
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 66
- STEPHEN SCOTT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 67
- FRANK LEROY TAFOYASpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 67
- STEPHEN NEIL THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 67
From Brownsville
- JOHN EDWARD CAMINOPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- DENNY RAY EASTERCorporal · January 13, 1971
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.