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HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 16, 1921 – June 18, 1965
Service recordHarold James Roberts JR, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 11
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 16, 1921
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1965
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 11
- JACKIE WILLARD SANFORDMajor · June 16, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT SCHUMANNMajor · June 16, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
- LEWIS RAY DIETZPrivate · February 14, 1966
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.