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ALBERT DOUGLAS SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 16, 1948 – August 20, 1968
Service recordAlbert Douglas Smith, of Glasgow, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Glasgow, Kentucky (Barren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Darlac Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 12
- DONALD EUGENE RUMMELSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JERRY RUSSELL SANSINGSpecialist Five · August 20, 1968
- DONALD RAY SIZEMORESergeant · August 20, 1968
- JOSEPH EARNEST SMITHCorporal · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MARTIN BOTTSSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 6
- LOUIS ELLIE GAUPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 8
- MICHAEL RAY GOINSPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 8
From Glasgow
- MURREL D THOMASStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1965
- STEPHEN EVANS THOMASSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- KENNETH WALTER PICKETTStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD KIRNSergeant · March 16, 1967
- WARDELL LESTER ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS COMPTONSpecialist Five · October 11, 1968
- REX DOUGLAS HARLOWCorporal · June 30, 1969
- EDWARD LEO KINGREYSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- JOHN SPENCER BAILEY JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 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.