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AVERY GENE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1943 – June 8, 1966
Service recordAvery Gene Smith, of Russell Springs, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Russell Springs, Kentucky (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 20
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- ARTHUR W DRYNANStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- DEWEY LINDON FERGUSONSergeant · June 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEROY CONNERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 19
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- ARTHUR W DRYNANStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- DEWEY LINDON FERGUSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 20
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 21
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · Panel 8E, Line 21
- DELANEY ERNEST MILLER JRPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 22
- JOHN RUSSELL OAKEYSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 23
- GEORGE R PENDYGRAFTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- TERRILL GENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 23
- FRANCIS CLAIR RUMMELStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 24
- MICHAEL ANTHONY SHARPPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 24
- PHILLIP ROBERT SMITHSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 24
- JOSEPH TORZOKSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 24
From Russell Springs
- RONNIE COLEMAN ANDERSONSergeant · November 24, 1966
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.