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ROBERT JOHN SMITH
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
October 15, 1942 – June 25, 1965
Service recordRobert John Smith, of Scarboro, Maine, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 25, 1965, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 19
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Scarboro, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1965; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 19
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- PETER MONGILARDI JRCommander · June 25, 1965
- CLARENCE MATTHEWS NEWCOMBCaptain · June 25, 1965
- CHARLES ALTON WILLIAMSONStaff Sergeant · June 25, 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.