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BOYD WAYNE SMITH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 14, 1947 – May 5, 1970
Service recordBoyd Wayne Smith, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 106
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 106
- WILLIAM HOWARD SHALLERSergeant · May 5, 1970
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- DENNIS ALLEN SPRENKLESergeant · May 5, 1970
- DERRICK SUDLERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RAYMOND FEESERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 101
- ROGER EMIL HOLLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 102
- JAMES MASON KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 102
- JACK DAVID LEOPARDSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 102
- ROBERT WARD WORTHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 108
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
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.