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WILBURN ROBERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1945 – September 24, 1966
Service recordWilburn Roberson, of Anderson, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 10
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Anderson, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 10
- VERNON LEMAR RAMEYStaff Sergeant · September 24, 1966
- DAVID JON ROSEFirst Lieutenant · September 24, 1966
- DANIEL JOSEPH RUSNELLPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- ROBERT PAUL SANTORSergeant · September 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JON ROSEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11E, Line 10
From Anderson
- HEWETT FRANK EVASTUS COEChief Petty Officer · May 20, 1962
- JAMES ROY BROOKS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- HAROLD GUINN MCDOWELLPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MATTISONStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIE FRANK FOSTERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DOYLE WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · April 2, 1968
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- RANDOLPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS KINGSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- RONALD ELWOOD FIELDSStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1970
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.