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CHARLES ROBERT SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1945 – May 23, 1965
Service recordCharles Robert Smith, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 123
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- January 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 123
- MURREL D THOMASStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1965
- TROY LEE WATERSSpecialist Four · May 22, 1965
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- EDWARD KENNEYSergeant First Class · May 23, 1965
From Dayton
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES GLENN MCINTOSHLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
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.