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CHARLES LEROY ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1945 – November 9, 1966
Service recordCharles Leroy Roberts, of Oregon City, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 9, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 47
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
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Oregon City, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 47
- ARTHUR GLIDDENSergeant First Class · November 9, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- CARL DEAN HOFFMANLance Corporal · November 9, 1966
- RANDLE KINNEYPrivate First Class · November 9, 1966
From Oregon City
- DALE ALLEN PERKINSSecond Lieutenant · November 3, 1966
- HERB DOBYLieutenant Colonel · February 4, 1967
- GARY LYLE KESTLERLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- PATRICK LEONARD WOODSFirst Lieutenant · December 24, 1968
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · February 11, 1969
- TERRY ALLAN SUNDEENPrivate First Class · May 25, 1969
- DWIGHT HAYESSergeant · February 6, 1970
- DONALD DEAN BRUBAKERStaff Sergeant · September 28, 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.