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Walter Leon Roberts

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Walter Leon Roberts

Birth
Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
Death
24 Dec 2018 (aged 98)
Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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He was the son of the late Walter L. and Metta Alice Daughtry Roberts. He was married to Tulline Rice Roberts. He was also preceded in death by his wife; three sisters, Rachel Roberts Keane, Jennie Louise Roberts Blaszak, and Joyce Roberts; and two brothers, Dr. Harold Ross Roberts and James Daniel Roberts. He served in the U.S. Army in WW II, receiving the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Asiatic Pacific Theater Campaign Medal with three Bronze Stars, American Theater Campaign Medal, Phi Liphine Liberation Rainbow with two Bronze Service Stars, and the Good Conduct Medal. He is survived by two daughters, Pennie Roberts Christian and Patricia Roberts Causey (Brent); four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was the son of the late Walter L. and Metta Alice Daughtry Roberts. He was married to Tulline Rice Roberts. He was also preceded in death by his wife; three sisters, Rachel Roberts Keane, Jennie Louise Roberts Blaszak, and Joyce Roberts; and two brothers, Dr. Harold Ross Roberts and James Daniel Roberts. He served in the U.S. Army in WW II, receiving the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Asiatic Pacific Theater Campaign Medal with three Bronze Stars, American Theater Campaign Medal, Phi Liphine Liberation Rainbow with two Bronze Service Stars, and the Good Conduct Medal. He is survived by two daughters, Pennie Roberts Christian and Patricia Roberts Causey (Brent); four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.


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