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BERNARD AUGUSTUS SMALLS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1949 – May 25, 1968
Service recordBernard Augustus Smalls, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 67W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67W, Line 4
- KENNETH RONALD SEMONSergeant · May 25, 1968
- BRUCE SHERFIELD JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- JAMES HUNTER SHOTWELLCaptain · May 25, 1968
- JAIME VILLALOBOSStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN BERNARD MARCELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 68W, Line 6
- HERBERT LEE VAUGHNSpecialist Four · Panel 67W, Line 6
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.