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HONORED ON PANEL 7W, LINE 101 OF THE WALL

JAMES AARON FREDERICK ROBERTS JR

WALL NAME

JAMES A ROBERTS JR

PANEL / LINE

7W/101

DATE OF BIRTH

01/24/1939

CASUALTY PROVINCE

BINH DUONG

DATE OF CASUALTY

09/29/1970

HOME OF RECORD

TUCSON

COUNTY OF RECORD

Pima County

STATE

AZ

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

RANK

SSGT

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POSTED ON 10.7.2023

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SSG James A. F. Roberts Jr. was a Multichannel Transmission Systems technician serving with Headquarters & Headquarters Detachment (HHD), 86th Signal Battalion, 2nd Signal Group, 1st Signal Brigade, U.S. Army Republic of Vietnam. Roberts’ duties included setting up, maintaining, and repairing of communication equipment and their associated antennae. As a member of the 1st Signal Brigade, the largest brigade-sized unit in the country, Roberts was one of approximately 12,000 personnel responsible for providing communications to Vietnam’s 60,000 square miles of coastal, jungle, and mountain terrain. On August 28, 1970, Roberts was admitted in critical condition to a military facility in Vietnam for treatment of a possible heart attack. He was medically evacuated to the 249th U.S. Army General Hospital at Camp Drake near Tokyo, Japan, on September 6th. Roberts expired there twenty-three days later from a reported brain aneurysm. He was 31 years old. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]
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POSTED ON 10.7.2023

SSG James A. F. Roberts Jr.’s death announcement

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Taken from the Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, AZ), October 10, 1970, courtesy of Leah, Library Associate, State of Arizona Research Library, Phoenix, AZ.
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POSTED ON 8.8.2023
POSTED BY: john fabris

honoring you....

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever….
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POSTED ON 9.15.2021
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik

Thank You

Dear SSgt James Roberts, Thank you for your service as a Mulitchannel Transmission Systems Tech. Your 51st anniversary is soon, sad. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. The 20th anniversary of 9/11 just passed. Time passes quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 1.25.2019

James

James......Honoring you on your birthday....God Bless
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