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ROBERT GENE SMOOT
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 18, 1948 – January 5, 1968
Service recordRobert Gene Smoot, of Sacramento, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 54
- FRANK BARTH SMYKSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- RICHARD OLIVER WILLIAMSLieutenant · January 5, 1968
- JAMES D WILLIAMSONSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- FRED MELVIN WRENNSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ISHMUEL BRIGGSSpecialist Five · Panel 33E, Line 44
- JOHN RONALD CARLOCKPrivate · Panel 33E, Line 45
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.