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THOMAS JOHN ROBERTS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 22, 1948 – August 22, 1970
Service recordThomas John Roberts, of Burlington, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 131
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Burlington, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 131
- JEFFERY ALLEN MILLERLance Corporal · August 22, 1970
- ROBERT ONEAL NIMANPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- EDWARD JAMES NOVAKPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
- DONNIE PAUL SMITHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 129
From Burlington
- DELL CONLEY GEISEHospitalman · January 26, 1967
- JOHNNIE D SANDERSONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOEL KENNEDYSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR CRAMERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY HERINGCaptain · August 19, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM DELAATLance Corporal · June 11, 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.