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LARRY MICHAEL ROBERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 27, 1948 – March 22, 1968
Service recordLarry Michael Roberson, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 45E, Line 60
- CHARLES RICHARD PYLESpecialist Four · March 22, 1968
- STEPHEN CRAIG SHANNONLance Corporal · March 22, 1968
- BENNIE JOE SISSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN STURGALSergeant · March 22, 1968
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
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.