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JOHN CLYDE ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1943 – December 14, 1968
Service recordJohn Clyde Roberts, of Lampasas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Lampasas, Texas (Lampasas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 23
- MARK JAMES OBRIENPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- RICHARD LEO ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1968
- AINSLEY CUDIE SIMONSSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1968
- RICHARD SINCAVAGECorporal · December 14, 1968
From Lampasas
- DOYD DEWAYNE ONEALMajor · May 31, 1964
- ROBERT BAILEY GREENStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1966
- BILLY GLEN INSALLSpecialist Four · July 29, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD LABOUNTYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1971
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.