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ARTHUR ALBERT SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1950 – January 28, 1971
Service recordArthur Albert Smith, of Simsbury, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 67
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Simsbury, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 67
- DEAN ALLEN HARRISPrivate First Class · January 28, 1971
- RONALD MICHAEL RIGDONPrivate · January 28, 1971
- MICHAEL EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · January 28, 1971
- HAROLD BENTON LINEBERGERColonel · January 29, 1971
From Simsbury
- WILLIAM ARAM MARKARIANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- RICHARD WARD KEITHLINEFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1969
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.