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Casualty Info
Home Town Maysville
Last Address Norman (Home of Record)
Casualty Date Aug 12, 1969
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Tay Ninh (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Maysville Cemetery - Maysville, Oklahoma
Lt. Roberts was serving as a Forward Observer with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division at the time of his death. He and four other members of the unit were killed in the action of that day.
Charles was interred at Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Garvin County, Oklahoma.
He left a wife and daughter at his passing. His wife passed away in May 2009.
May 30, 1944
Norman
Cleveland County
Oklahoma, USA
Death:
Aug. 12, 1969
Tay Ninh, Vietnam
2LT 01. KIA from small arms fire while serving as an atrillery forward observer. B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry (Wolfhounds) Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: Panel 19W, Line 8.
Killed in the same action were: SSG Denny R. Lappin (1944-1969), Canton, Ohio; CPL Stephen Allen Snidow (1948-1969), Fort Smith, Arkansas; James Henry Marshal, Selma, Lalabama (1949-1969); and, PFC Aaron B. Smith (1946-1969), Kansas City, Kansas.
LT Roberts was a graduate of Maysville (OK) High School and the University of Oklahoma (BBA, 1967).
