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ALTON SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 9, 1942 – March 18, 1967
Service recordAlton Smith, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 104
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 104
- DONALD HARRY BROWERPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMERCaptain · March 18, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER WILMER DAVISSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM R DENNIS IIISeaman Apprentice · March 18, 1967
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 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.