David Owen Roberts
Specialist Four
HHC, 1ST BN, 5TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Indianapolis, Indiana
May 30, 1948 to January 31, 1968
DAVID O ROBERTS is on the Wall at Panel 36E, Line 33

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13 Jun 2002

To David, My Brother,

We remember your sensitivity, warmth,
kindness, and musicality.
Your family thinks of you every day.
You deserve a place among the stars and the heavens!
You are always in our hearts and in our souls.

With All my Love,

Your Little Sister, Cyndy

Cynthia Roberts-Greene
librax22000@yahoo.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

When this memorial was first published (June 2002), SP4 Roberts was incorrectly claimed by the 1st Battalion, 50th Infantry (the "Manchus"). In April 2007 The Virtual Wall determined that SP Roberts was assigned to HQ Company, 1/5 Cavalry.

On 31 Jan 1968 a mixed force of NVA regulars and main-force VC troops were found massing for an attack on Quang Tri City. Elements of the 1st Cavalry Division had been moved north a few weeks earlier and were employed, together with ARVN units, in the defense of the city. During the first three days of the Tet Offensive, 15 Americans died in the fighting around Quang Tri City, 13 of them from the 1st Cav:

  • A Co, 1st Bn, 12th Cavalry
    • 2LT Russell R. Flesher, Wooster, OH
    • CPL Paul R. Collett, Fort Worth, TX
    • PFC Richard E. Engle, Albion, NY

  • B Co, 1st Bn, 12th Cavalry
    • CPL David L. Turner, Lacey Springs, AL

  • C Co, 1st Bn, 12th Cavalry
    • SP4 Harold E. Cashman, Hatboro, PA
    • SP4 Larry M. Clark, Olney, MD
    • CPL Damon L. Ritchie, Selden, NY
    • PFC John M. Dashnaw, Syracuse, NY
    • PFC John F. Kuiper, New York, NY

  • HHC, 1st Bn, 12th Cavalry
    • CPL Clifton D. Roy, Woodlawn, MD
    • SP4 Darrel A. Shellie, Detroit, MI
    • PFC Billy L. Wright, Stanton, TN

  • HHC, 1st Bn, 5th Cavalry
    • SP4 David O. Roberts, Indianapolis, IN

  • MACV Advisors
    • MAJ James C. Payne, Marked Tree, AR, Advisory Team 4
    • SFC John L. Church, Norwalk, CA, ARVN Airborne Division Advisory Team

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