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LLOYD VERNON ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1946 – May 24, 1967
Service recordLloyd Vernon Roberts, of Hemingway, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Hemingway, South Carolina (Williamsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 98
- JOSEPH KENNETH PURELISPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- GERALD JOHN PYSHERSpecialist Five · May 24, 1967
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- SANDY MITCHELL RIVERSSeaman · May 24, 1967
From Hemingway
- FLOYD ALLEN CRIBBPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES DOLLARDSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
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.