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JERRY ARDELL ROBERTS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1941 – July 5, 1966
Service recordJerry Ardell Roberts, of Cerulean, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- March 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Cerulean, Kentucky (Trigg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 133
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- PAUL HENRY PHILLIPSPrivate · July 5, 1966
- NEIL GEORGE REUTERCaptain · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 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.