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DONALD RADFORD ROBERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 16, 1946 – January 9, 1967
Service recordDonald Radford Roberson, of Walker, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 9, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 2
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Walker, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 2
- LARRY JOSEPH NEHRINGLance Corporal · January 9, 1967
- BOBBY JOE QUINNPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSONCaptain · January 9, 1967
- CECIL TRUMAN THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1967
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.