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JOSEPH EDWARD ROBLE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 21, 1947 – September 16, 1968
Service recordJoseph Edward Roble, of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 9
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Latrobe, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 9
- HARRY EUGENE RIVERSLance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- JOSE MANUEL RUIZCorporal · September 16, 1968
- ALFRED VINCENT SCHOFIELDFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1968
- ANTHONY ROBERT SIGNASpecialist Four · September 16, 1968
From Latrobe
- DENNIS DALE KAISERCorporal · May 9, 1966
- RICHARD SCOTT GRAHAMCorporal · March 2, 1967
- JOSEPH LEONARD BRIDGEPrivate · March 5, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE YODERPetty Officer Third Class · May 2, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL PRIVIECHPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BIRCHAKCaptain · January 11, 1969
- JAMES HARRISON MOORESergeant First Class · March 19, 1969
- JAY LEROY EVERETTSergeant First Class · July 25, 1969
- BLAINE WILBERT ENOS JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 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.