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JOHN HENRY ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1939 – February 28, 1966
Service recordJohn Henry Roberts, of South Ozone Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 91
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 10, 1939
- Home of record
- South Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 91
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- CHARLES WAYNE SIMSCorporal · February 28, 1966
- CLIFTON LEE TARTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
From South Ozone Park
- RONALD EDWARD STORZLieutenant Colonel · April 28, 1965
- GARY STEVEN KADETZSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- ARTHUR EDMUND DONOVANCorporal · January 25, 1967
- JONATHAN BLUE JRPrivate · November 26, 1967
- ANTHONY LOUIS CAPOZZIPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- ERNEST MAEHUE HODGESSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MACFARLANEPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ALAN HOWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · February 6, 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.