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WALTER EUGENE ROBERTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1948 – July 9, 1969
Service recordWalter Eugene Roberts, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 90
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
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 90
- STEVEN LINDSEY PORTERPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- SANTOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · July 9, 1969
- MICHAEL DUANE SPRINKLEPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES BOBOPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 87
- DANIEL SULLIVANSpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 87
- JAMES CORNELIUS DOLOUGHTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 21W, Line 88
- ROBERT EARL KINGCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 89
- SANTOS RIVERA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 90
- JUAN LUIS TERRAZASSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 91
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.