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ERVIN BRADLEY ROBERTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 1, 1947 – August 21, 1968
Service recordErvin Bradley Roberts, of Marion, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 22
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 359 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- October 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Marion, Ohio (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 22
- JESUS ROBLEDO JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD RUSH JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- JOHN ERNEST RUSSELLFirst Lieutenant · August 21, 1968
- ELIAS SALAZAR JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
From Marion
- BRUCE AUGUST NYSTROMCaptain · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN HENRY SCHULZPrivate First Class · January 1, 1967
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE WARNEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- PERRY VERNANDO SHROYERStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE SPICERCorporal · March 1, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- CHARLES JOEL BEHM JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE HICKMANChief Petty Officer · July 1, 1968
- JAMES CAUDILLLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
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.