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ALAN IVAN SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1944 – October 22, 1966
Service recordAlan Ivan Smith, of Hamden, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 99
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Hamden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 99
- WILLIAM BLUE KLENERTLieutenant Commander · October 22, 1966
- MICHAEL R NEWBERNStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- CHARLES JOHN RILEYLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- ALONZO ALLEN TEAGUEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
From Hamden
- ROBERT EDWARD BUSHLieutenant Colonel · March 24, 1966
- PIERCE IRVING ROBERTSONMajor · October 9, 1966
- ALFRED JUDSON FORCE MOODYBrigadier General · March 19, 1967
- OSCAR BIEHL JRCaptain · May 30, 1967
- JOHN THEODORE GALLAGHERSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- DONALD PORTER FERGUSONCorporal · January 13, 1968
- EDWARD KENNETH DUELPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · May 28, 1969
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.