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JIMMY DON ROBERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1948 – November 19, 1967
Service recordJimmy Don Roberson, of Plainview, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Plainview, Texas (Hale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 32
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 1967
- RONALD NELSON RODREICKSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN ROSSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WILLIAM BARKFELTSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 22
- JAMES ALLEN BELVEALPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 22
- JOSEPH GENE GREGGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 26
- RONALD DEAN KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 28
- JOE L LYONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 29
- TYRONE CECIL MARSDENSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 29
- PEDRO RODRIGUEZ MONTANEZPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 30
- LESLEY WAYNE REEDStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 31
- WALTER RAY RIDDLEPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 31
From Plainview
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE LEE FRAZIERAirman · July 29, 1967
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH LEON BLACKMONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · August 22, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 1968
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- NORMAN CARTER SMOOTSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
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.