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DAVID WILLIAM ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 23, 1944 – March 20, 1967
Service recordDavid William Roberts, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 126
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 126
- FREDDIE DAVID JONES SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1967
- JOSE ANTON ROBLES-MIRANDAStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1967
- GEORGE BACON ROSS JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 118
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- MICHAEL DEVERNE BIRDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- ROBERT EDWARD BROWNCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- CARL ROGER CROSIERCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 119
- JOHN WILLIE DEVINEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 120
- EARL NEWSOM HAMMONDSergeant First Class · Panel 16E, Line 122
- GARY CLARK HATFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 122
- GREGORY BERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 122
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · Panel 16E, Line 123
- CORNELIUS AFAI LAULII LAUCaptain · Panel 16E, Line 123
- BENNIE JOE PAOLANTONIOSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 123
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 124
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 125
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 125
- JOSE ANTON ROBLES-MIRANDAStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 126
- GEORGE BACON ROSS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 126
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 126
- ODELL JACK WERNERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 127
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.