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MARVIN JAMES ROBERTS
Captain · U.S. Army
October 24, 1943 – March 28, 1969
Service recordMarvin James Roberts, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 75
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- October 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 75
- ERIC VINCENT PULLIAMFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- ROY GARLAND RUBINLance Corporal · March 28, 1969
- ALVIN CLAYTON SCHULTEFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY THOMAS BRADLEYSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 66
- BILLY WAYNE DUKESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 68
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 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.