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JOSEPH THOMAS ROBERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1943 – April 27, 1970
Service recordJoseph Thomas Roberson, of Columbia, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 60
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbia, Alabama (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 60
- JAMES HESTER PALMERSergeant Major · April 27, 1970
- MICHAEL RICHARD PICKLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1970
- JAIME RODRIGUEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · April 27, 1970
- CARL DENNIS RUENGERCorporal · April 27, 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.