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LESTER LEE ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 25, 1945 – June 5, 1966
Service recordLester Lee Roberts, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- 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 June 5, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 12
- HUGH REAVIS NELSON JRCaptain · June 5, 1966
- JERRY DEAN OLDSAirman First Class · June 5, 1966
- ARTHUR JAMES RUSSELLPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT R HUBSCHMITT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 11
- ARTHUR JAMES RUSSELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 12
- ELDON CHRIST VANBEBERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 13
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.