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GERALD JASON ROBERTS JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 23, 1946 – August 31, 1967
Service recordGerald Jason Roberts JR, of Torrington, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Torrington, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 76
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- CLIFFORD L WENCKERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- JACK LYNN BUCHANANCorporal · September 1, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN LYLE FRANKLIN JRSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 74
- LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASSSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 74
From Torrington
- PAUL HENRY PHILLIPSPrivate · July 5, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH ROMANIELLOPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TINO JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- RICHARD ALBERT CASSINSergeant · May 4, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FALK JRLance Corporal · January 26, 1968
- CHARLES LEE BERGEVINMajor · August 23, 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.