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ROBERT LOUIS SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – March 8, 1967
Service recordRobert Louis Smith, of Angier, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Angier, North Carolina (Harnett County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 42
- JOHN F STIRLINGSergeant First Class · March 8, 1967
- RICHARD TREMBLAYLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- ROOSEVELT AMISON JRCorporal · March 9, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD BARTRAMPrivate · March 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MARIO CAGNACCISpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 39
- MANUEL CARDENAS IISpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 39
- WILBERT JAMES GRESHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 40
- CHARLES RAY MOUDRYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 41
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 41
From Angier
- ALBERT LEE JOHNSONFirst Sergeant · August 26, 1970
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.