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CLAUDE ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – April 11, 1968
Service recordClaude Roberts, of Delray Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Delray Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49E, Line 26
- JOHN ALBERT OSCELUSSergeant · April 11, 1968
- JACK ALAN SANDERS JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
From Delray Beach
- ARCHIE LEE NELSON JRPrivate · August 15, 1968
- ARTHUR ROY SPROTT JRMajor · January 10, 1969
- SAMUEL CORNELIUS MACONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- RICHARD DANCY MILLERSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.