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ROBERT SIDNEY ROBERSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1949 – August 30, 1968
Service recordRobert Sidney Roberson JR, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 9
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 9
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN PEPPERLance Corporal · August 30, 1968
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · August 30, 1968
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- GARY GENE RODGERSCorporal · August 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE BITNERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 4
- JAMES ALBERT DALTONSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 5
- GARY WAYNE MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 8
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 9
- HAROLD PHILLIP GRASSERSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 11
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.