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ROBERT JOSEPH SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1948 – August 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Smith, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 34
- DAVID FREDERICK SLEEPERSergeant · August 26, 1968
- CHARLES FRANK SMITHSergeant First Class · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL SPROUTPetty Officer Third Class · August 26, 1968
- JAMES ALTON TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · August 26, 1968
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.