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CLIFFORD ALTON ROBERTS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 14, 1935 – July 9, 1965
Service recordClifford Alton Roberts, of San Bruno, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 9, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- October 14, 1935
- Home of record
- San Bruno, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 34
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- GLEN WAYNE BRADLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 10, 1965
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
From San Bruno
- OWEN THOMAS LAVERYPrivate First Class · October 20, 1965
- MARK LAKE MORGANLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- PETER MICHAEL APODACASpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT ELMER FOLSOMLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL RISTSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- BOBBY JOHN BYRDPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
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.