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KENNETH RAY ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 8, 1947 – April 5, 1968
Service recordKenneth Ray Roberts, of Cupertino, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Cupertino, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 20
- NORMAN EUGENE SMALLCorporal · April 5, 1968
- WESLEY WILLIAM SPERLINGSergeant · April 5, 1968
- KENDALL ALBERT STAKESpecialist Four · April 5, 1968
- PAUL HENRY STEIN JRCorporal · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER JOHN BERNREUTHERCaptain · Panel 48E, Line 14
- GEORGE EDWARD EDDENSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 16
- PETER YAZZIE CLAWPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 18
- JAMES ALEXANDER PEMBERTONSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 19
- WESLEY WILLIAM SPERLINGSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 20
- JOE ALLEN WITTKOPPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 22
From Cupertino
- PATRICK LOUIS OTTCaptain · October 2, 1967
- ALVIN JOHN WESOLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LARRY JACK CLANTONCaptain · March 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN SKAGGSCorporal · June 18, 1968
- RICHARD GREENE MADDOXCaptain · September 23, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM BOWENPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- LEONARD MICHAEL GOMOLICKEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · October 22, 1971
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.