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ROBERT LEWIS SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 5, 1948 – June 6, 1968
Service recordRobert Lewis Smith, of Smithland, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Smithland, Kentucky (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 15
- WILLIAM SIMMONSPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- CHARLES WALLACE SMITHPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- DONALD LEE SMITHLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- ERNEST GREGORY WINSTONSergeant · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN FRANCIS DOLIM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 27
- EDWARD HUBERT HIGGINSPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 4
- JAMES HOLTCorporal · Panel 59W, Line 5
- CHARLES EDWARD MICKLESPrivate First Class · Panel 59W, Line 8
- ROGER DALE WEBERSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 17
- JACOB ROBINSON WELDINSergeant · Panel 59W, Line 17
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.