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KENNETH DAVID ROBERTS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1928 – February 5, 1967
Service recordKenneth David Roberts, of Wausau, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 125
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1928
- Home of record
- Wausau, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 125
- DAVID EDGAR PRICE JRPrivate · February 5, 1967
- JAMES HOWARD SCOTTSecond Lieutenant · February 5, 1967
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN ANGERMILLERPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD BOSTOCKStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 122
- JOSEPH MARTIN BRADYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 122
- HENRY ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 123
From Wausau
- JAMES MYRON RINGLEPrivate · March 31, 1967
- WAYNE DALE KRUEGERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- RONALD JON HASKOPrivate First Class · March 27, 1968
- RICHARD D BARTHOLOMEW JRSpecialist Four · February 12, 1969
- GARY RAYMOND MIRACLELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID LEE TESSMERCorporal · May 27, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KRZMARCIKPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- DALE ALLEN SCHEPPLance Corporal · December 9, 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.