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JAMES AUSTIN ROBERG
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 14, 1950 – June 22, 1969
Service recordJames Austin Roberg, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 114
- MICHAEL ANTHONY SEAGROVESCaptain · August 21, 1967
- JOHN WILL ROBERSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- GARY JOSEPH WEBBPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- KENNETH PETER WESTPetty Officer Second Class · June 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BORGCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 111
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.