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WILLIAM ROBERT SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 9, 1946 – May 14, 1968
Service recordWilliam Robert Smith, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 17
- MARTIN ROY NIEMILance Corporal · May 14, 1968
- JAMES FRED TURNEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ZEIGLERPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD ALSTONSergeant · May 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEFFERY COLIN SETTLEMYREPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 12
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 13
- DENNIS ELWOOD MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 15
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.