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MICHAEL EDWARD ROBERTS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1947 – October 21, 1968
Service recordMichael Edward Roberts, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 15
- COUNCIL LEE ROYALLieutenant Colonel · October 21, 1968
- KLAUS DIETER R RUHLANDSergeant First Class · October 21, 1968
- GAYLAND OMER SCOTTCaptain · October 21, 1968
- STEVEN PAUL SORICKPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
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.