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ANDREW WILLIAM SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1944 – March 7, 1970
Service recordAndrew William Smith, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Radio Repairman (2851)
- Born
- December 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 94
- JAMES RAY MUTHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- MARVIN LEE RINGOENSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- THEODORE MATTATW ROPCHOCKSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.