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KENNETH EUGENE ROBERTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 13, 1947 – February 7, 1969
Service recordKenneth Eugene Roberts, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 81
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 716 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- February 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 81
- CHARLES HEDRIC OXENDINESpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- STANLEY PATTERSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- JAMES EVERETT PIERCESeaman · February 7, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY PROMBOFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1969
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
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.