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ALBERT EDWARD SMITH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1947 – March 21, 1969
Service recordAlbert Edward Smith JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 4
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 4
- JAMES EDWARD SMITHLance Corporal · March 21, 1969
- CHRIS ANTHONY SOUZACorporal · March 21, 1969
- DALE LOUIS STOCKSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- CLIFFORD MCARTHUR TAYLORCorporal · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 95
- JUAN PASCUAL R CASTROStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 96
- RONALD SANDERS COLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 97
- JOE EDDIE DEMERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 97
- JOSEPH MARTIN EUSTAQUIOSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 98
- JERRY LEE EWINGPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 98
- DAVID EDWARD HERSCHBACHWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 99
- ERROL ARTHUR HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 99
- MOSE CHILDS HUNDLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- LOUIS HENDERSON JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- WESLEY SHEPPARD KERRSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 100
- LARRY THOMAS MOULDERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 100
- RICARDO LOPEZCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 102
- ALAN FREDERICK MARSCHALLSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 102
- EARL MARTIN MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 103
- GEORGE EDWARD MENNINGERCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 103
- DONALD RAY JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 104
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 104
- LEONARD LEE PRESTON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 1
- ROBERT LUCIAN RIGGINS JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 2
- WILLIAM WARREN SHERMANSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 3
- THOMAS WILLIAM WHITTENCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 6
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.