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ALBERT PRESLEY SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 22, 1943 – July 28, 1968
Service recordAlbert Presley Smith, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 28
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Procurement Sergeant (76N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 28
- WILLIAM STANLEY SMOYERSecond Lieutenant · July 28, 1968
- JOHN JEREMIAH TILLPrivate · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD URBANLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM ZUEHLSDORFFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1968
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.