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ROBERT LEE SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1946 – May 31, 1968
Service recordRobert Lee Smith, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 17
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 17
- PAUL FRANK SANCHEZCorporal · May 31, 1968
- JOHNNIE ARNOLD SHEPPARDCorporal · May 31, 1968
- JOSEPH SMARSH IIPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- WILLIE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
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.