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WILLIAM THOMAS ROBERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1950 – January 31, 1969
Service recordWilliam Thomas Roberson, of Abilene, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Abilene, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 23
- RONALD ARTHUR VANWAMBEKEPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- HOMER WESTPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM AMBROSE IIIPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- BOBBY DEAN ANTHONYPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY DALE ROGERSLance Corporal · Panel 33W, Line 29
From Abilene
- EDGAR LEWIS PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- RAYES CISNEROS FLORESPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- GREG WEAVERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- RONALD GENE MCBETHPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- HENRY HARRISON DELANOMaster Sergeant · July 22, 1966
- JACKIE BURL HALLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JRCommander · January 19, 1967
- RONALD JAMES DEXTERSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- SAM TRINIDAD CURIELLance Corporal · September 6, 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.