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DANNY RAY ROBERTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 17, 1949 – February 4, 1970
Service recordDanny Ray Roberts, of Etowah, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 102
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Etowah, Tennessee (Mcminn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 102
- JOHN MARSHALL SMITHSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · February 4, 1970
- ROBERT LYNN UFFORDStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1970
- LUIS ANGEL ALANIZPrivate First Class · February 5, 1970
From Etowah
- GERALD THOMAS DOBBSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- CLUSTER LEE BEARFIELDPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- JOSEPH VENSON MARTINSergeant First Class · February 13, 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.