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ANDREW RICHARD SMITH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1948 – March 21, 1968
Service recordAndrew Richard Smith JR, of Middletown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 49
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Middletown, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 49
- GARY LEON HANLINSpecialist Four · March 21, 1968
- RAFAEL A MADRIGAL-CORDERO JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1968
- RAYMOND LEROY MASONCorporal · March 21, 1968
- JOHN PAUL NAGYPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAGNER ATWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 45
- EDGAR BAKER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 45
- DANIEL F BETTENCOURT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 45
- MICHAEL ROGERS CALLAWAYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 46
- MICHAEL LEROY EBERTCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 46
- EDDIE LEE EPHRAIMCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 46
- ODIS LEON GOSNELLSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 46
- JAMES LYNN HENKPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 47
- CHARLES ROBERT LOVEDAHLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 45E, Line 48
- GARY LEON HANLINSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 49
- RAFAEL A MADRIGAL-CORDERO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 49
- RAYMOND LEROY MASONCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 49
- SAMUEL RAY NIXONStaff Sergeant · Panel 45E, Line 50
- FARRIS LEE RICHARDSONSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 50
- WAYNE LEROY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 50
- JOSEPH EARL ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 50
- RUDOLPHO SANCHEZCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 51
- CARL MICHAEL STITELYStaff Sergeant · Panel 45E, Line 51
- JUSTIN GLASTON TURNBULLCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 52
From Middletown
- CHARLES DELANO SWARTZPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- JACKIE G STANLEYSergeant · June 28, 1967
- RAY DANIEL PENDERGRAFTMajor · July 2, 1967
- STEVEN EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- THOMAS RAY EDWARDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1968
- MICHAEL OLIVER CASSIDYSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- JAMES DALE ADKINSCorporal · June 8, 1969
- CHARLES M KINIYALOCTSCorporal · June 29, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- WILLIAM ERNEST BROUGHTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 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.