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JAMES ROBERT SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 7, 1948 – February 7, 1969
Service recordJames Robert Smith, of Long Island City, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 82
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Long Island City, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 82
- RODNEY GEORGE SHANKLance Corporal · February 7, 1969
- LARRY STEVENSONSergeant · February 7, 1969
- DARREL THOMAS SWANSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- WALTER RIPLEY TYRRELLPetty Officer Second Class · February 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT MALCUM DAVENPORTSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 77
- LINWOOD RAY CUMBOPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 80
From Long Island City
- WILLIAM JAMES HENRYPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- JOSEPH STEPHEN HENRIQUEZLieutenant Commander · August 10, 1966
- PETER JOSEPH FREDERICKColonel · March 15, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH SUSSMEIERPrivate · July 8, 1967
- WALTER EDMUND GIBLIN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ABRAHAM JACKSONStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE HOLTCorporal · March 21, 1968
- CHARLES E DANIELSPrivate First Class · March 22, 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.