The Wall › Panel 12W › Missouri › Samuel Louis Roberson
SAMUEL LOUIS ROBERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1950 – April 4, 1970
Service recordSamuel Louis Roberson, of Bland, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 93
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Bland, Missouri (Gasconade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 93
- JAMES ANTHONY GRAYCaptain · April 4, 1970
- RUSSELL LEO KLEINMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1970
- LEONARD ERIC NYBERGLance Corporal · April 4, 1970
- DAVID PAUL ROYSpecialist Four · April 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MANNIE ALFRED BARBERPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 91
- CLARE ARNOLD BARRETTPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 92
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 94
- JEFFREY JEROME YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 94
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.