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ROBERT BARRY SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1947 – March 3, 1967
Service recordRobert Barry Smith, of Plainsboro, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Plainsboro, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 14
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · March 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 7
- JESSE JAMES DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 7
- WILLIAM LADD CAMPBELLCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 8
- MARTIN LEE FREEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 10
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 14
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.