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RONALD EUGENE ROBERTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 13, 1949 – December 29, 1968
Service recordRonald Eugene Roberts, of Belleville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Belleville, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 6
- DAVID PAUL NASHPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- EUGENE LE ROY RATHMANNSecond Lieutenant · December 29, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS SCHERDINStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1968
- MICHAEL CARR SPOTSWOODPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VICTOR LEROY AUSTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 1
- AARON ANDRE BARNES JRSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 2
- BARRY DEAN KINGMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 5
- EUGENE LE ROY RATHMANNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 6
From Belleville
- PHILIP CORY SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DENNYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1967
- JOSEPH DUNN WYLIE IIIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD NEUMEYERAirman · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD IRWINSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1967
- GLENN R EISENHOURSecond Lieutenant · November 13, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · April 28, 1968
- TERRY PENSONEAUSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1968
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.