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ALFRED JAMES SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 24, 1940 – August 30, 1967
Service recordAlfred James Smith, of Dunellen, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 72
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 188 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Dunellen, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 72
- HARVIE G SMITHSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
- CHARLES DANNIE TURNBOUGHLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- CHARLES ROBERT WILKERSONSergeant First Class · August 30, 1967
- JACK WILLIAM WILKINSONPetty Officer First Class · August 30, 1967
From Dunellen
- ALDEN JOHN BULLWINKELSpecialist Four · September 11, 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.