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CHARLES W ROBERTS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1949 – July 18, 1971
Service recordCharles W Roberts JR, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1971, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 110
- PHILIP DUANE CHEEKPrivate First Class · July 18, 1971
- JAMES ALBERT JOHNSONPrivate · July 18, 1971
- STEVEN JEFFERY MINKLERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
- RUDOLPH STEVENSSpecialist Four · July 18, 1971
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.