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BILLY MORRISON SMITH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 16, 1940 – November 8, 1963
Service recordBilly Morrison Smith, of Commerce, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 8, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS
- Born
- August 16, 1940
- Home of record
- Commerce, Texas (Hunt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1963
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1963. In November 1963, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 44
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- BERNARD FRANCIS LUKASIKCaptain · February 19, 1964
- WALTER LEWIS GLASSMajor · February 28, 1964
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
From Commerce
- THOMAS KEITH KINGPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- JAMES DALE MILLSCaptain · 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.