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BARRY LEE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1952 – January 24, 1972
Service recordBarry Lee Smith, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 100
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
- Medical Supply Specialist (76J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 3, 1952
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 100
- WALTER C B MORANSpecialist Four · January 23, 1972
- FERNANDO FIGUEROASpecialist Five · January 24, 1972
- ROGER LEE PIERCEMajor · January 25, 1972
- MICHAEL JOHN WELCHFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1972
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
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.