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BARRY WAYNE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1947 – February 19, 1969
Service recordBarry Wayne Smith, of Riverdale, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Riverdale, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 62
- RONALD DEAN SHAFFPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- ROY DIXON STOFFREGENSpecialist Four · February 19, 1969
- STEVEN DALE TANNERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- ELTON RAY VENABLESergeant · February 19, 1969
From Riverdale
- JAMES GERALD MCGOVERNLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- DAVID ALAN REEDPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- HOWARD EUGENE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- BOBBY RAY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY CALVIN DRAKESergeant First Class · May 10, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD BRIDGETTCorporal · August 26, 1970
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.