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BARRY JAMES SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 1, 1946 – November 20, 1969
Service recordBarry James Smith, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 103
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 103
- RODNEY KENT RANSONPrivate First Class · November 20, 1969
- WALTER A RENELTColonel · November 20, 1969
- ELDON WILLIAM TOZERChief Petty Officer · November 20, 1969
- JON ARNOLD TURNERAirman · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GUY EDWIN MCKEAN JRSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 102
- ROBERT MARION NEWBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 102
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.