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ROBERT SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – April 3, 1968
Service recordRobert Smith, of Converse, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Converse, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 55
- WILLIE SHELTONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- EDGAR LEE SIMMONSCorporal · April 3, 1968
- HAROLD ROGER SMITHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DON CARLOS SYKESSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT WAYNE CUDWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 48
- MICHAEL WILLIAM DOWNINGSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 49
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 51
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 56
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.