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BILLY JAKE SMITH
Captain · U.S. Army
February 5, 1938 – February 12, 1970
Service recordBilly Jake Smith, of Gassaway, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · 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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Training Officer (2520)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 5, 1938
- Home of record
- Gassaway, West Virginia (Braxton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 4
- DONALD RAY MCINTOSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- MARK ALAN STRAUBPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- ARCHIE NORMAN WADESpecialist Five · February 12, 1970
- ROBERT LEE WALKER JRSpecialist Four · February 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS CHARLES BURKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 130
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 2
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.