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WALLACE ROBERTS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 17, 1928 – June 26, 1970
Service recordWallace Roberts, of Piketon, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · 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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 17, 1928
- Home of record
- Piketon, Ohio (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1970
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 97
- WESLEY CHARLES HOWLEY JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 1970
- JAMES ALLAN PETRIECaptain · June 26, 1970
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · June 26, 1970
- DOUGLAS SILVIO VERGAMINIChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 26, 1970
From Piketon
- CLARENCE HOWARD RICKARDSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE MILLERSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
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.