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EDDIE LEROY ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1948 – July 29, 1967
Service recordEddie Leroy Roberts, of Hope, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Hope, Arkansas (Hempstead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 41
- JOHN MARK PRUNERPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES RAY RICHAirman · July 29, 1967
- JERRY PAUL RODGERSPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROLANDStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
From Hope
- JOHN FREDERICK BARRLieutenant Commander · October 18, 1967
- HAROLD ERVIN CUMBIEMaster Sergeant · November 21, 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.