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ROBERT EARL SMITH JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
April 13, 1946 – May 15, 1966
Service recordRobert Earl Smith JR, of Frederick, Maryland, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 15, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 62
- WILLIAM LOUIS MADISONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- KENNETH DEWEY MCKENNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR PRESTONChief Master Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
From Frederick
- DANIEL SPENSER BRITTAINSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
- WILSON LEE COOKSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE COSGRAVEAirman Second Class · May 12, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PLUNKARDSergeant · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON BREWERSpecialist Five · May 9, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM GRASERSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
- STEPHEN EUGENE SROKAPrivate First Class · August 3, 1969
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.