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JOHN LEONARD ROBERTS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1949 – August 1, 1971
Service recordJohn Leonard Roberts, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1971, in An Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 121
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- An Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in An Giang Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 121
- WALTER ROBERT CAPPSSergeant · August 2, 1971
- JOHNNY WAYNE FREESpecialist Five · August 2, 1971
- ROBERT MIRANDAPrivate · August 2, 1971
- THOMAS EVANS REIMILLERSpecialist Four · August 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLINTON HURANSO EPPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 120
- TOMMY MIKE MCCLEERSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 120
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
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.