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CARL GENE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 17, 1945 – February 13, 1967
Service recordCarl Gene Smith, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 26
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 26
- JOSEPH GERALD KRYWICKIFireman · September 13, 1966
- R C PERRY JRStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1967
- JAMES CRAIG ULRICHFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- DONNIE LEE WARDPrivate First Class · February 13, 1967
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLPH FRANCIS DUNGEEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15E, Line 24
- JOHN TROY EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 24
- JOHN ROLAND MCKAY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 25
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 25
- LEONARD SALVATORE PELULLOPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 25
- JAMES CRAIG ULRICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 26
- DONNIE LEE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 26
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 27
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK KELLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1967
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.