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JOHN WILSON ROBERTS III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1945 – February 22, 1970
Service recordJohn Wilson Roberts III, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Combat Command Commander (1210)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 47
- THOMAS ARTHUR PALLADINOCorporal · February 22, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES WAGNERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- MALCOLM GEORGE WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1970
- DANNY KEITH WITTCorporal · February 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK NUNEZ FIGUEROASpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 44
- DAVID WILLIAM JANISHCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 44
- DENNIS PHILIP MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 46
- MICHAEL JAMES WAGNERPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 47
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.