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AARON CHARLES SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1948 – March 9, 1969
Service recordAaron Charles Smith, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 96
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 96
- DONALD LEE SHIRLEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- LARRY MAX SMITHSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- WILLIAM T SPEARMAN IIIPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- JESSE BRENT STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DAVID CARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 85
- BOBBY DEAN CLARKSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 86
- KENNETH GEORGE CLARKE JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 86
- JUAN ENRIQUE GARCIA-DIAZSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 89
- JOHNNY PAUL GRISSOMSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 89
- RICHARD THOMAS FORESTERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 93
- JOSEPH EDWARD NOHE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 93
- WILLIAM T SPEARMAN IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 96
- JAMES HOWELL WALLSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 97
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
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.