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THEODORE IRWIN ROBERTS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1934 – May 4, 1970
Service recordTheodore Irwin Roberts, of Valley Station, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 97
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Valley Station, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 97
- ALBERT CHARLES SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1970
- RODNEY ALAN TAYLORSergeant · May 4, 1970
- EDDIE GEAN TERRELLPrivate First Class · May 4, 1970
- ROBERT VINCENT THOMPSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEON GARNETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 95
From Valley Station
- CARL AUGUSTUS BALLENGERStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1967
- ARTHUR DWIGHT SINGLETONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1968
- REUBEN CARL MCMACKINS JRCorporal · April 14, 1968
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE CRUSELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT STOUTSpecialist Four · May 2, 1971
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.