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ANTHONY ROOSEVELT SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 6, 1949 – April 20, 1968
Service recordAnthony Roosevelt Smith, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multichannel Equipment Operator (2532)
- Born
- July 6, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 13
- SAMUEL REYNACorporal · April 20, 1968
- JERALD DAVID SWANPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- LEO EDWARD SWAN JRLance Corporal · April 20, 1968
- JOHN BRYAN THOMPSONSergeant · April 20, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.