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JOHN WILL ROBERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1947 – June 22, 1969
Service recordJohn Will Roberson, of Malakoff, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Malakoff, Texas (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 114
- MICHAEL ANTHONY SEAGROVESCaptain · August 21, 1967
- JAMES AUSTIN ROBERGCorporal · June 22, 1969
- GARY JOSEPH WEBBPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
- KENNETH PETER WESTPetty Officer Second Class · June 22, 1969
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.