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ROBERT RAYMOND SMALL
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 29, 1948 – May 4, 1968
Service recordRobert Raymond Small, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 40
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 40
- RONALD LYNN HURSTPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ-LEBRONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES SCHULTZPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROGER BROOKSSergeant First Class · Panel 54E, Line 31
- ROLLIN DUANE DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 31
- JOE JUNIOR MASKSergeant First Class · Panel 54E, Line 37
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.