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ROBERT EUGENE SMITH JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 24, 1947 – December 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Eugene Smith JR, of Newark, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 54
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- 0v-1 Airplane Repairman (67H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 142 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “142 TRANS CO 1 LOG CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 54
- MICHAEL JOSEPH OTOOLEPrivate First Class · December 20, 1968
- LOUIS RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 20, 1968
- ROBERT FRED SCHNEBELSpecialist Four · December 20, 1968
- HOWARD JAMES VAUGHANCorporal · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRED SCHNEBELSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 54
From Newark
- ROBERT CARL BOYDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1966
- MARTIN WALTER MORENOSpecialist Four · January 5, 1967
- JOSEPH LYNWOOD SHREVE JRFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
- KENNETH ALBERT WEDMANSpecialist Five · September 12, 1968
- PAUL GEORGE TELLESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- VAN HARVEY PEARSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RAUL ROY BARRERA JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- MARK JEFFERY MILLERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1973
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.