Rank: Private First Class
Unit: E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 9-May-1946
Hometown: Clearwater, Florida
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 22-Mar-1967
Start of tour: 11-Aug-1967
Incident date: 24-Sep-1967
Date of casualty: 24-Sep-1967
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Other Accident. Accidental homicide.
Bobby Lee Smith died as the result of gunshot wound received when shot by another member of unit. Investigation is in progress.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: New Saint James Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Oakfield, Georgia, USA
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