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JAMES AARON F ROBERTS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1939 – September 29, 1970
Service recordJames Aaron F Roberts JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 101
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 24, 1939
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1970
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 101
- FREDDIE LESLIE TAPPERPetty Officer First Class · September 29, 1970
- HARRY EUGENE TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- BOBBY RAY WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · September 29, 1970
- OTIS CARTERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1970
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.