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ALLEN JAY SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 27, 1950 – October 15, 1970
Service recordAllen Jay Smith, of Choctaw, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 2
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)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Choctaw, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 2
- WILLIE JAMES FLEMINGSpecialist Four · October 15, 1970
- KERRY RAY GOSSMANPrivate First Class · October 15, 1970
- JOE RAYMOND ROBERTS JRSergeant · October 15, 1970
- JONATHAN CAMERON SHINEFirst Lieutenant · October 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN STEPHEN FAKOSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 3
From Choctaw
- JOHNNIE LEE SLOANPrivate First Class · September 28, 1965
- ALEXANDER LEO MAYERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- DELTON EUGENE TERRYAirman · July 29, 1967
- JAMES CLAIR WILSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- GARY LANE BARNUMPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- JOHNNY LEE KIDDSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- ALLEN THOMAS WHITEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1970
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.