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ALBERT JOSEPH SMITH
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
November 9, 1931 – June 16, 1969
Service recordAlbert Joseph Smith, of Anadarko, Oklahoma, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 60
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 9, 1931
- Home of record
- Anadarko, Oklahoma (Caddo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 60
- THOMAS EDWARD HUGHESSpecialist Four · June 16, 1969
- LEROY HARRY SCOTTCorporal · June 16, 1969
- HARREL EARL STEARNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
- RUDOLPH MICHAEL STEFANICPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
From Anadarko
- EUGENE LEONARD ARANDAPrivate First Class · September 24, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR EDDYChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 4, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCBRIDELance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER RAY RIDDLEPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- RONALD JACK WARDColonel · December 18, 1972
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.