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CEDRICK LOUVANE SMART
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1941 – December 16, 1968
Service recordCedrick Louvane Smart, of Orange, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Orange, Massachusetts (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 31
- RICHARD WAYNE RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- JAMES MONROE RUSHINGSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1968
- RONALD CORY SAFFELLSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- ROBERT NEIL SANDERSStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HAROLD ALEXANDERSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 28
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 28
- ROBERT NEIL SANDERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 36W, Line 31
From Orange
- EARL MARTIN MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · March 21, 1969
- WILLARD J BOUCHARD JRPrivate · August 28, 1971
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.