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PAUL MICHAEL ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1950 – August 15, 1969
Service recordPaul Michael Roberts, of Melbourne Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 47
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Melbourne Beach, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 47
- PAUL PONCESpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- RONNIE LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- ROBERT HAZEN SHIELDS IIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1969
- JOHN GERDES SMITHCorporal · August 15, 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.