Sgt. Roberts Dies in War

S-Sgt John Allen Roberts, 21, of 11807 Webb Forest, died Friday in Vietnam as a result of gunshot wounds received on a combat operation, the Defense Department announced Saturday in Washington.
Roberts, a native of California, graduated from R. L. Turner High School in 1965, and almost immediately enlisted in the service. He had been in Vietnam since March.
He was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. He attended the Methodist Church and was a former Dallas Morning News Carrier.
Survivors: Wife: a son, Daniel D. Roberts of Dallas; mother, Mrs. Leroy D. Rick of Farmers Branch, and a brother, A. E. Roberts of Cherry Point, N.C.
Funeral arrangements were pending late Saturday.

The Dallas Morning News - October 29, 1967
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Dallas Sergeant Dies of Wounds in Vietnam
Army Staff Sgt. John A. Roberts, 21, of 11807 Webb Forest, serving with the 101st Airborne Division, was wounded fatally in Vietnam recently, the Defense Department reported Monday.
Sgt. Roberts died Friday from a gunshot wound received while on combat operations, his family learned.
Born in Yuba City, Calif., he moved to the Dallas area in 1959. Sgt. Roberts was a graduate of R. L. Turner High School in Carrollton.
Joining the Army paratroopers in June, 1965, he had been stationed in Vietnam since March and had received the Purple Heart.
Survivors: Wife: a son, Daniel Roberts of Dallas; mother and stepfather, Mr. and rms. Leroy Rick of Dallas; a brother, Archie Edward Roberts III, stationed with the Marines in North Carolina; two half brothers, Kenneth Capps and Richard Capps of Dallas, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Walkup of Oklahoma.

The Dallas Morning News - October 31, 1967 Page 2
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Two Area Men Killed in Vietnam

Two area men have been reported killed in Vietnam. They are S-Sgt. John Allen Roberts, 21, of 11807 Webb Forest, and Pfc. Michael E. Angerstein of 1729 Cox, Carrollton.
Roberts, a graduate of R. L. Turner High in 1965, died Friday as a result of gunshot wounds received while on a combat operation, the Defense Department announced.
He had been in Vietnam since march and was a member of the 101st Airborne Division.
He is survived by his wife, a son, Daniel D. Roberts of Dallas, mother, Mrs. Leroy D. Rick of Farmers Branch, and a brother, A. E. Roberts of Cherry Point, N. C.
Funeral arrangements were pending in Dallas.
Funeral arrangements for Pfc. Angerstein were pending in Carrollton Monday at Rhoton, Weiland-Merritt Funeral Home.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. mary Lee Angerstein, Carrollton; father, Henry B. Angerstein, Amarillo; brothers, Lenny Angerstein, Edden, Ga. Paul Angerstein, Dallas, sisters, Mrs. Betty Miller, Amarillo, Miss Mary Ann Angerstein, Carrollton.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Thursday, November, 2, 1967
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

JOHN A. ROBERTS
TEXAS
S SGT 101 AIRBORNE DIV
VIETNAM PH
AUG 4, 1946 - OCT 27, 1967

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