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ARCHIE D SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 15, 1945 – March 5, 1968
Service recordArchie D Smith, of Richmond, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 11
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
- Musician, Trombone (5546)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQS CO HQS BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Richmond, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 11
- JOSEPH BERNARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- JOSIAH SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- VERNON RUBEN TWEEDYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 5, 1968
From Richmond
- WILLIAM ROBERT MOORELance Corporal · December 16, 1965
- EDWARD N LEONARDPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOSE YBANEZSpecialist Five · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BROTZMANSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- JOHN HENRY BUTCHER JRSergeant Major · April 16, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL AKSTINCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN ROBINCorporal · June 19, 1967
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
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.