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ALAN JOHN SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1945 – August 30, 1967
Service recordAlan John Smith, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 71
- HOWARD WARNER JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- EUGENE CARL PACHECOPrivate · August 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- EDWARD LEE RANKINPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BENJAMIN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ROSS W WOOD JRSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 73
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.