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GERALD RAY ROBERTS
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
April 8, 1934 – December 2, 1965
Service recordGerald Ray Roberts, of San Marcos, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 2, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 120
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- April 8, 1934
- Home of record
- San Marcos, Texas (Hays County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 120
- ARTHUR NELLO MCMELLONStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- TOMMY ROBERT WILSONSergeant · December 2, 1965
From San Marcos
- EDWARD RAY GAYTANStaff Sergeant · September 10, 1967
- THOMAS NELSON STILESLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- VINCENTE RAMIREZ GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- RICHARD LOPEZLance Corporal · March 27, 1968
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- ALLEN WALKER THOMASCorporal · November 8, 1968
- JUAN ESQUIVEL CORTEZSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- MANUEL GONZALESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH EDMUNDLance Corporal · June 17, 1969
- HENRY EDWARD BARBER JRFirst Sergeant · October 23, 1969
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.