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ROBERT HAROLD SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 27, 1946 – January 24, 1967
Service recordRobert Harold Smith, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Warminster, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 73
- ANTONIO ALVARADO ESQUEDASpecialist Four · January 24, 1967
- CECIL FRANKLIN FINCHER JRHospitalman · January 24, 1967
- DAVID CLARK GREGORYSpecialist Five · January 24, 1967
- JIMMIE ANDREW HERRERACorporal · January 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE ANDREW HERRERACorporal · Panel 14E, Line 73
- WILLIAM E HINGSTON JRCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 74
From Warminster
- WILLIAM JAMES BARRHospitalman · July 16, 1968
- CHARLES CARTER MEYERSPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- NELSON CHARLES LUTHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
- JAMES PAUL MARKEY JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1971
- CHARLES PAUL MONTROSSSergeant · February 11, 1971
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.