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ALLEN LLOYD SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 12, 1946 – July 20, 1968
Service recordAllen Lloyd Smith, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; 13 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 51W, Line 21
- ROBERT CONRAD SHANNONCorporal · July 20, 1968
- ROOSEVELT SHERMAN JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- DONALD JAMES SLICHTERCorporal · July 20, 1968
- ISAAC SPARKMANLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY WILLIAM ARELLANOCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 16
- ARTHUR COLEMAN JRCorporal · Panel 51W, Line 17
- MICHAEL JAMES GWINNSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 18
- BRIAN FRANCIS LEFEVREPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 19
- GEORGE ALBERT TODDSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 22
- STEVEN ARTHUR ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 23
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICHPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
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.