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AARON BRUCE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1946 – August 12, 1969
Service recordAaron Bruce Smith, of Arkansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Arkansas City, Kansas (Cowley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 23
- RONALD LEE SHORTSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- BRADLEY JOSEPH SIMMONSPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SIMONPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JOHN JAMES SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 8
- DENNY RAY LAPPINStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 17
- JAMES HENRY MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 17
- STEPHEN ALLEN SNIDOWCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 24
- MILLARD PRESTON WHEELERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 27
From Arkansas City
- JOHN WEBSTER FINCHSpecialist Four · June 30, 1965
- PETER MARTINEZSergeant · January 21, 1966
- BLAINE LEROY HONEYCUTTSergeant First Class · March 9, 1969
- DOUGLAS ROBERT BITTLESpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- DAVID NEIL HEADCaptain · February 20, 1971
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.