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ROBERT SMITH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 20, 1945 – May 26, 1966
Service recordRobert Smith JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 111
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- WILLIAM RAYMOND REILLYLance Corporal · May 26, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 109
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 110
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 111
- THOMAS JOHN WINKELVOSSStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 111
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.