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JERRY MARCO ROBERTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – December 11, 1967
Service recordJerry Marco Roberts, of Hobbs, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 83
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Hobbs, New Mexico (Lea County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 83
- DENNIS MICHAEL STEVENSCorporal · December 11, 1967
- DAVID EMIL AILIStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- WALTER EDWARD MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
From Hobbs
- RONNIE LEE NOSEFFCorporal · September 25, 1966
- JIMMIE LEON PLATOHospitalman · November 15, 1966
- HOWARD JACOB RICECorporal · June 8, 1967
- STANLEY W MCPHERSONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- CHARLES LEE GASSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- LEONARD ERWIN CRUCEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- CHARLES DANIEL FOLEYCaptain · May 23, 1970
- JAIME PACHECOSpecialist Four · May 25, 1972
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.