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WALTER JAMES ROBERTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 1, 1949 – November 5, 1970
Service recordWalter James Roberts, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 41
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
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 41
- PATRICK DEAN ROSENCorporal · November 5, 1970
- LYNNE HARLAN RUTTERGunnery Sergeant · November 5, 1970
- GORDON BERT SEARSWarrant Officer 1 · November 5, 1970
- NICHOLAS RANDLE TUNNYSpecialist Four · November 5, 1970
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.