Sergeant Rayger Glenn Roberts was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
Rayger was married to Minnie Josephine Caldwell and they had one daughter. He also had one daughter with Nina Gibson. Rayger has four living descendants:
Carol (Roberts) Rice- daughter
Glenna (Rice) Riggs- granddaughter
Cameron Riggs- great grandson
Callie Riggs- great great granddaughter
He is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing in Honolulu, Hawaii.
My mom Nancy (Roberts) Merriam was his daughter. He was also married to Nina (Gibson) Roberts at the time he went MIA. His grandchild me Samuel Merriam II, great grandchildren Kayla (Merriam) Cloce, Samuel Merriam III, and Jacob Merriam, Michelle Fortier, great great grandchildren Aurora Cloce, Riley Merriam, Bexley Oakes, Dayvon Merriam, Zai’re Merriam, Oliver Oakes– submitted by his grandson.
Sergeant Rayger Glenn Roberts was a member of Company M, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy near Unsan, North Korea on November 2, 1950. He was presumed dead on December 31, 1953.
Rayger 1st marriage was to Minnie Josephine Caldwell and they had one daughter. Raygers 2nd marriage was to Nina Gibson which they had two daughters. Rayger has many living descendants:
Carol (Roberts) Rice- daughter
Evelyn (Roberts) Gemma
Nancy (Roberts) Merriam
Samuel Merriam II -grandson
David Roberts -grandson
Charles Gemma – grandson
Glenna (Rice) Riggs- granddaughter
Michelle Fortier- step great grandaughter
Kayla (Merriam) Cloce- great grandaughter
Samuel Merriam III – great grandson
Jacob Merriam- great grandson
Calvin Roberts- great grandson
Cameron Riggs- great grandson
Aurora Cloce – great great grandaughter
Bexley Oakes- great great grandaughter
Riley Merriam- great great grandaughter
Dayvon Merriam- great great grandson
Zai’re Merriam-great great grandson
Callie Riggs- great great granddaughter
- Rank: Sergeant
- Date of birth: 31 March 1919
- Date of death: 2 November 1950
- County: Washington
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division
- Conflict: Korean War
- Awards: Purple Heart, Combat Infantrymans Badge, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Presidential Unit Citation, and Republic of Korea War Service Medal
- Burial/Memorial Location: Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXI, Bottom Panel
- Sponsored by: His grandson, Cameron Riggs
