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ROBERT LEE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1943 – December 30, 1969
Service recordRobert Lee Smith, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 111
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- THOMAS WILMER MYNESSergeant · December 30, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY RAPP JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT DEAN JRSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 109
- WILLIE JAMES DELACROIXSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 109
- THOMAS EDWARD SOMASpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 112
- GERALD CLIFFORD SWAYZECaptain · Panel 15W, Line 112
- JAMES EDWARD TOWNLEY SRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 112
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.