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VIRGIL JESSIE ROBERTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 20, 1947 – January 22, 1969
Service recordVirgil Jessie Roberts, of Aztec, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 61
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Aztec, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 61
- GARY LEE PAYNEPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- DOUGLAS ALAN ROSSSergeant · January 22, 1969
- WILLIAM LUKE STJOHNPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- JAMES DAVID STUESSELStaff Sergeant · January 22, 1969
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.