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ALBERT CHARLES SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 27, 1942 – May 4, 1970
Service recordAlbert Charles Smith, of Belton, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 97
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Belton, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 97
- THEODORE IRWIN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · May 4, 1970
- RODNEY ALAN TAYLORSergeant · May 4, 1970
- EDDIE GEAN TERRELLPrivate First Class · May 4, 1970
- ROBERT VINCENT THOMPSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WALTER PAQUETTESergeant · Panel 11W, Line 96
From Belton
- WILLIAM WESLEY PIERCESpecialist Four · May 14, 1966
- CARROLL WAYNE PERRYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- THOMAS BOYD SHARPFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1967
- BILLY RAY BROWNSergeant · May 26, 1968
- JAMES DILLON WARDLOWPrivate First Class · September 13, 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.