Gordon Ray Roberts Military person

Gordon Ray Roberts (born 14 June 1950) is a retired United States Army officer and a Medal of Honor recipient for his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty" on 11 July 1969 while an infantryman with the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War.

Personal facts

Gordon Ray Roberts
Birth dateJune 14, 1950
Birth place
Middletown Ohio

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Military person

allegianceUnited States of America
award
Bronze Star Medal
Silver Star
Medal of Honor
military operations
Vietnam War
2003 invasion of Iraq
military branch
United States Army
military command
Officer in charge of force protection 1st COSCOM Camp Anaconda Balad Iraq
Brigade Commander Walter Reed Army Medical Center
military unit
Fort Bragg
1st Sustainment Command (Theater)
service start1968
service end1968

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External resources

  1. http://www.daytondailynews.com/o/content/oh/story/opinions/columns/2007/11/08/ddn110807dale.html
  2. http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/vietnam-m-z.html
  3. http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,135937,00.html
  4. http://www.narmc.amedd.army.mil/Lists/NARMCNews/DispForm.aspx?Id=463&