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ROBERT SMITH SR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1932 – October 21, 1966
Service recordRobert Smith SR, of Alexandria, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 28, 1932
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 96
- JOHN OLAF SUNDQUISTPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- BOYD WELLINGTON ANDERSONSergeant · October 22, 1966
- ROBERT ANTHONY BATESFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1966
- WILLIAM LLOYD CRAWFORDLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
From Alexandria
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- JIMMY DARWIN GOLMONSergeant · December 20, 1966
- LEONARD WAYNE ELIEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- GILL LESTER CARTERAirman · August 17, 1967
- WILLIAM ALAN GILMORELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CHARLES WADDELL ROBERTSSergeant · September 21, 1967
- FLOYD CAMILLE LACHNEYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
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.