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ANDREW DAVID SMITH III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1945 – May 28, 1970
Service recordAndrew David Smith III, of Wakefield, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Wakefield, Rhode Island (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 119
- GARY LYNN SPIEKERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- CHATWIN ARNOLD STROTHERSpecialist Four · May 29, 1970
- JOHN L THOMPSON JRSpecialist Five · May 29, 1970
- FREDDY LAMAR BRATTONSergeant · May 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALAN BEDROCKCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 111
- ANANIAS BENTFORDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 112
- RONALD ALPHONSE KREBSBACHSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 114
- JOHN HOLT PARHAM IIISergeant · Panel 10W, Line 115
From Wakefield
- CURTIS ABBOT EATONColonel · August 14, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL JALBERTLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
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.