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MICHAEL ALLEN ROBERTS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1946 – September 21, 1967
Service recordMichael Allen Roberts, of Los Angeles, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 107
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 107
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- JUAN ARMANDO RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE ROPERGunnery Sergeant · September 21, 1967
- WALTER SAUER JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ELLING SWENSGARDSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 109
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.