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ROBERT CARL SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1949 – February 7, 1970
Service recordRobert Carl Smith, of Earlham, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 113
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Earlham, Iowa (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 113
- THOMAS WAYNE MUIRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1970
- JAMES ARNE NIEMIPetty Officer Third Class · February 7, 1970
- WILLIAM D SCHIERMEYER JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1970
- JOHN LEWIS TAYLORSergeant · February 7, 1970
From Earlham
- JOHN LLOYD MCCLURGCorporal · August 17, 1970
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.