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JAMES RICHARD ROBERTS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 15, 1948 – January 13, 1969
Service recordJames Richard Roberts, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 85
- ROGER DALE SHULERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- DEWITT STUDWAY JRSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
- TERRY LEE TIPPERYSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- GARY PAUL TRYONSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN GERE KELLYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 83
- DEWITT STUDWAY JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35W, Line 85
- EDDIE WALLACECorporal · Panel 35W, Line 86
- GARY ROBERT WEATHERHEADChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 35W, Line 86
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
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.