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ROBERT WILBUR SMITH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 2, 1944 – April 17, 1970
Service recordRobert Wilbur Smith, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 19
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 19
- FREDERICK M SIMEONOFFWarrant Officer 1 · April 17, 1970
- JACK DEWAYNE TUGGLE JRSergeant · April 17, 1970
- BARCLAY LEONARD VOLKStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WEIKSpecialist Four · April 17, 1970
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.