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HERMAN DAVID ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – July 11, 1968
Service recordHerman David Roberts, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 13
- EDWARD CHARLES VANOVERLance Corporal · July 10, 1968
- LEMON WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS ADAMSCorporal · July 11, 1968
- ADOLPH WILLIAM ALBRECHTCorporal · July 11, 1968
From Bowling Green
- JOHN WILLIAM MILLERLance Corporal · October 8, 1966
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN ALLENPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.