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ARVEL RAY SMART
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1949 – August 8, 1969
Service recordArvel Ray Smart, of Maysville, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 116
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Maysville, Oklahoma (Garvin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 116
- DUANE NEVADA SCOWDENPrivate First Class · August 8, 1969
- FREDDIE MICHAEL SHERLINSpecialist Five · August 8, 1969
- JESSIE JAMES TYLERStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1969
- HUMBERTO LLAMAZALESSergeant · August 9, 1969
From Maysville
- BILLY CLAYTON CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 27, 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.