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ALLEN DEWAYNE SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 17, 1946 – September 25, 1967
Service recordAllen Dewayne Smith, of Bryan, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 25, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Bryan, Ohio (Williams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 13
- DOUGLAS C STARRYSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- PAUL RAY STATONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- HAROLD J STURGILL JRSpecialist Four · September 25, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
From Bryan
- BENNIE HOWARD STRAITPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- RONALD LEE FAVOURITECorporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHN SANEDALance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- EDWIN HUGH CORWINGunnery Sergeant · December 22, 1968
- THOMAS ELMER CLARKSpecialist Four · October 30, 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.