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KERMIT BRUCE ROBERTS
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 29, 1935 – May 18, 1969
Service recordKermit Bruce Roberts, of Key West, Florida, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 18, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 48
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 29, 1935
- Home of record
- Key West, Florida (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 48
- CHARLES WILLIAM PIGOTTCaptain · May 18, 1969
- JORDY JOSEPH PITRESpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- EDMOND CHESTER POLENSKIMaster Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- PATRICK L RICESpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
From Key West
- RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPEROPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- LELAND W ALBURY JRLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
- ECKWOOD HAROLD SOLOMON JRCaptain · July 27, 1966
- PETER STANLEY KNIGHTMajor · August 25, 1966
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- CHARLES LANCASTER PUTNAMCaptain · March 9, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- MACK DENNARD JRSergeant · September 18, 1969
- OLIVER COLEMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- HORACIO A FONSECA-VARGASPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.