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NOEL WAYNE ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 11, 1942 – September 17, 1967
Service recordNoel Wayne Roberts, of Texarkana, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 86
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Arkansas (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 86
- WILFRED M PEREZSergeant First Class · September 17, 1967
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- GENE LEANDER TWEHOUSHospitalman · September 17, 1967
- OMAR DAVID WITMER JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GUADALUPE PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 82
From Texarkana
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 1967
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · March 21, 1969
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · July 22, 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.