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AMMONS EWING SMITH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1943 – May 1, 1969
Service recordAmmons Ewing Smith JR, of Altadena, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 94
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Born
- March 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Altadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 94
- DAVID ROY SCHAEFERSergeant · May 1, 1969
- JOHN DAVID SEXTONSergeant · May 1, 1969
- RICHARD STEPHEN SLYFirst Lieutenant · May 1, 1969
- WAYNE ALAN STEVENSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
From Altadena
- RICHARD GLEN COLLINSFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT HILLStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1969
- DAVID ROBERT MORGANSergeant · March 7, 1969
- JAMES WILLIE WILSONPrivate · April 14, 1969
- DANIEL ALAN FREYCorporal · February 12, 1970
- CLEVE DAVIS MILLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- DOUGLAS HARVARD YUKISpecialist Four · September 28, 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.