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BOOKER SMITH JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1929 – September 29, 1966
Service recordBooker Smith JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 29
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- February 18, 1929
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 29
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- SAUL WAXMANMajor · September 29, 1966
- THOMAS LEE WESTPOINTSergeant · September 30, 1966
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.