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JOHN LESLIE ROBERTS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1950 – July 6, 1968
Service recordJohn Leslie Roberts, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 30
- EUGENE LEE RILEYCorporal · July 6, 1968
- CRES PADILLA SALAZARPetty Officer Third Class · July 6, 1968
- FREDRICK JOE SMITHCorporal · July 6, 1968
- JERE LEE WHITAKERCorporal · July 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LAWRENCE HASFORD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 27
- BRANDT STEELE NEUBACHERSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 29
- PATRICK JOHN SCOGNAMILIOSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 31
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 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.