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BOBBY LEE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1946 – September 24, 1967
Service recordBobby Lee Smith, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 7
- GARY LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ERRAL DALE SMALLWOODPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- THOMAS MILTON THATCHERLance Corporal · September 24, 1967
- JOE MINOR THOMASSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER BURNSStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 4
- LAWRENCE BERNARD CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 5
- ERRAL DALE SMALLWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 7
- JOE MINOR THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 7
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.