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THURSTON CRAIG ROBERTS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1950 – December 31, 1970
Service recordThurston Craig Roberts, of Baytown, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Subsystem Mechanic (45M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Baytown, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 18
- JOHN JOSEPH ORSINI JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 1970
- WAYNE STERLING RUSHTONConstructionman · December 31, 1970
- ALFREDO SALAZARSergeant · December 31, 1970
- HENRY JAMES SIMSSergeant · December 31, 1970
From Baytown
- ROYAL CLIFTON FISHER JRCaptain · November 4, 1965
- ALBERT WILBER SONNIERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ARTHUR W DRYNANStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- JAKE A SIMMONSPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- JAMES DOUGLAS CARTER JRSecond Lieutenant · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES HOWARD KILGORECorporal · October 2, 1967
- ROBERT LAWRENCE HALEPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- DANIEL PENA JRSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- VICTOR JAMES HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- GEORGE OWEN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · May 19, 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.