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ROBERT MICHAEL SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1948 – March 10, 1970
Service recordRobert Michael Smith, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 108
- CARROLL WAYNE SPRAGINSCaptain · March 10, 1970
- LARRY ANTHONY STRUSSLance Corporal · March 10, 1970
- ALEX VICTOR VARDYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- KENNETH EDWIN WEDLOWPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 103
- JOHN PATRICK HENRYSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 104
- DONALD WOODS HOLMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 104
- STUART BASSETT LAMKINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 105
- DON ROBERT RILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 107
- GEORGE THOMAS SCARBOROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 107
- KENNETH EDWIN WEDLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 108
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DISCHERTLance Corporal · October 11, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.