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ROBERT JAMES SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1945 – April 18, 1968
Service recordRobert James Smith, of Albany, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 41
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 41
- STERLING G W RIDDICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- ROGER DOUGLAS SAUXCorporal · April 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLIFTON SHEARINPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- JAMES VERDELL SOLOMONSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE GAYRAL ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 36
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 38
- GILBERT EDWARD BUCHANANSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 39
- MICHAEL PETER HOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 39
- THOMAS JUNIOR LAWSONSpecialist Five · Panel 50E, Line 40
- JAMES VERDELL SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 41
- FREDERICK DEVILLA WESCOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 43
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
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.