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LONNIE BARRY ROBERTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 8, 1949 – April 30, 1970
Service recordLonnie Barry Roberts, of East Point, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 76
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1949
- Home of record
- East Point, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 76
- JON LESLIE PADGETTSergeant · April 30, 1970
- ROBERT DUANE PALMORECorporal · April 30, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE RABRENChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 30, 1970
- JOHN LESLIE SENSINGCaptain · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LUTHER JAMES DOSS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 72
From East Point
- WILBUR DEAN RAINWATERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN DUFF GAYMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS BROWNChief Petty Officer · January 26, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE MILLIRONSCorporal · June 2, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD MANNINGAirman · July 29, 1967
- PASCHAL GLENN BOGGSMajor · August 27, 1967
- LEWIS LEONARD SLOANPrivate · November 16, 1967
- GARY C JONESFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLES REMBERT WYATTFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 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.