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JAMES ALLEN ROBERTS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – October 28, 1969
Service recordJames Allen Roberts, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 129
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 129
- CHARLES EMIL MILLERSergeant · October 28, 1969
- DONALD LEE NEELEYSpecialist Five · October 28, 1969
- RALPH DULANE TADEVICWarrant Officer 1 · October 28, 1969
- BARRENT OTTO TORGERSONSpecialist Five · October 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANGEL L HERNANDEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 128
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.