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ROBERT HALL SMART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1949 – April 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Hall Smart, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 59
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 59
- JEFFERY TRUETT SAPPPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
- ROBERT L SCHEIDEL JRCorporal · April 11, 1969
- MATTHEW EDWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
- LAWRENCE EDWARD ZAPOLSKISpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NEIL PHILIP FARMERSergeant First Class · Panel 27W, Line 55
- ROBERT LOUIS KNIGHT JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 56
- STEPHEN MIX LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 57
- PETER EDWARD REECESpecialist Five · Panel 27W, Line 58
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.