PFC Company "E" 2 Bn. 1st Marine Div. - U. S. Marine Corps
Killed In Action 15 March 1969, Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
Compiled by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.
JOHN EDWARD ROBERTS, JR., born in Moundsville, Marshall County, W.Va., 13 January 1950, was the son of John Edward Roberts and Doris Louise Wood, married in Marshall County in 1946. John E. and Doris L. Roberts are found with their son, John E., Jr. in the 1950 census of Moundsville, Marshall County, W.Va. (John E., Jr. is found in the addendum at the end of the record.) The young family was living with the parents of John E. Roberts, Sr.
1950 Census, Moundsville, Marshall County, W.Va.
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James H. Roberts, Head, 48, Laborer, b. W.Va.
Goldie V. Roberts, 43, Wife, b. W.Va.
Evelyn V., Daughter, 18, b. Ohio
John E., Son, 21, Fireman Manufacturing Steel Co., b. W.Va. Doris L., Daughter-in-law, 20, b. W.Va.
John E. Roberts, Son, b. Jan., b. W.Va.One article about John Edward Roberts' death states that he was the son of James. The application for a headstone also names James Roberts as his father. Young John appears to have lived with, and was raised by, his grandparents, James & Goldie, so perhaps they viewed him as a son.
Buried at IOOF Cemetery, St. Marys, Pleasants County, W.Va.