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Robert Emmett Smith
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Rank
Radioman Second Class, U.S. Navy
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Date of Death
August 15, 1952
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Radioman Second Class Smith was a crew member of the salvage ship, USS GRAPPLE (ARS-7). On the night of August 15, 1952, his ship was on patrol off the Korean coast, looking for enemy sampans laying mines, "flycatcher" Duty. The minesweeper, USS CHIEF (AM-315) accidentally fired two rounds at the USS GRAPPLE, one striking the pilot house, killing two seamen and wounding nine others. |
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