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JOSEPH RAY ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1947 – January 17, 1966
Service recordJoseph Ray Roberts, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 17, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 77
- EARL WILLIAM FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1966
- LAWRENCE THEODORE HAMMONDLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- JOSEPH GEORGE SERCOVICHCorporal · January 17, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.