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ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 16, 1948 – April 22, 1969
Service recordArthur Whorlow Smith, of Daytona Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 27
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Daytona Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 27
- THOMAS DAVID PERRYStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
- VINCENT CALVIN SCOTT JRCaptain · April 22, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SKIPPERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- HARLEY ALBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JAMES COUSARStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 24
- NICKOLAS GASTELUM GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 25
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 28
From Daytona Beach
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- LEEROY ELDRED PEEKSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE PRINEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- RONALD ELMER JOHNSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1968
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- TOMMY LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · June 19, 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.