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JERRY LEE ROBERTS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1945 – September 1, 1965
Service recordJerry Lee Roberts, of Mt Clemens, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 72
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Mt Clemens, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 72
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
- DOUGLAS LEE FOLEYSecond Lieutenant · September 2, 1965
From Mt Clemens
- TERENCE RONALD TANGENPrivate · June 10, 1966
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- ELMER FRED KEPSELPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · March 20, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HANSELMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
- JAMES MARVIN WILKINSLance Corporal · July 31, 1968
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.