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CYRUS SWAN ROBERTS IV
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 17, 1941 – March 6, 1966
Service recordCyrus Swan Roberts IV, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 6, 1966, in Laos, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 17, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 127
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- J H ALEXANDERPlatoon Sergeant · March 6, 1966
- BOBBY JOE MARSHPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- MARIO YBARRAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- CHARLES LOUIS ZOOGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.