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ROBERT WILLIAM SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 2, 1947 – November 12, 1966
Service recordRobert William Smith, of Wentzville, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Wentzville, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 64
- RAYMOND LEE POWELLCorporal · November 12, 1966
- LLOYD J SADOWSKYStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1966
- ALAN HARRY SHIELDSLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- DANIEL DAVID YARNELLCorporal · November 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WILLIAM HOLTZSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 62
From Wentzville
- DALE RAY ROSSPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.