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HERBERT ROBERTS JR
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
July 11, 1921 – December 20, 1967
Service recordHerbert Roberts JR, of Sunbright, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 33
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
- Sergeant Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1921
- Home of record
- Sunbright, Tennessee (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1967
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1967; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 33
- GARY MICHAEL RISTSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- TERRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- BARRY ALLAN THOMPSONPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- RAFAEL A VALPAIS-MORALESPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GLEN DEAN BELNAPLieutenant Colonel · Panel 32E, Line 29
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.