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ROBERT WALTER SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1947 – January 20, 1969
Service recordRobert Walter Smith, of Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 45
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Lake Cormorant, Mississippi (De Soto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 45
- LARRY BROWNSpecialist Four · January 20, 1969
- WARREN LEE SPINKSergeant · January 20, 1969
- RONALD EDWARD STOKERPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- DAVID EARL TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JIM KOZIKSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 42
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 46
From Lake Cormorant
- CHARLES RICKEY HARRISSergeant · July 25, 1971
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.