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STEPHEN LORD ROBERTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – June 4, 1969
Service recordStephen Lord Roberts, of Redlands, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Redlands, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 67
- ROBERT LESLIE PEARCYPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- DAVID BORNE PLATTSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- DAVID RANDLE PORTERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- ANDREW STEPHEN RAHILLYPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEIGH BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 61
- GREGORY GERALD FUCHSCaptain · Panel 23W, Line 63
- ROY PHILLIP GARGUSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 64
- ROBERT LEE JENNINGSSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 65
- EDWIN FRANKLIN SHOLARWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 68
- GARY WILLIS SILMANCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 68
From Redlands
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH GARCIAPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW CERVANTESLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HUGHESSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
- LESLIE RAY SLOANSergeant · December 9, 1967
- MICHAEL LYNN ALFORDSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- DONALD LEE BRUCKARTSeaman · March 31, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 1970
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.