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AARON LEE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 30, 1944 – March 10, 1969
Service recordAaron Lee Smith, of Marlin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 2
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Marlin, Texas (Falls County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 2
- CLARENCE E NUNNERY JRSergeant · March 10, 1969
- JOHN B PETERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- LARRY LEE RAUSCHERPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- JAMES LAMAR YARBROUGHPrivate · March 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FIDEL JOE AGUIRRESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 98
- CLARENCE E NUNNERY JRSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 2
- JAMES LAMAR YARBROUGHPrivate · Panel 29W, Line 2
- CECIL WAYNE TILLMANCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 3
From Marlin
- SHERMAN RAY WAITESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ROY LEE GREENSAGEPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- TEDDY JAMES TOMCHESSONMajor · May 5, 1968
- JAMES D MOOREStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- LOSSIE FRANKLIN BONESpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
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.