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JOE RAYMOND ROBERTS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1949 – October 15, 1970
Service recordJoe Raymond Roberts JR, of New Albany, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1949
- Home of record
- New Albany, Mississippi (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 2
- WILLIE JAMES FLEMINGSpecialist Four · October 15, 1970
- KERRY RAY GOSSMANPrivate First Class · October 15, 1970
- JONATHAN CAMERON SHINEFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1970
- ALLEN JAY SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JONATHAN CAMERON SHINEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 2
From New Albany
- LARRY LEE PAGEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- ROLAND HAYES HOWELLPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- LARRY EARL ADAMSLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- CHARLES MCCLAME SHUMPERTSergeant · February 11, 1970
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.