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CHARLES DANIEL SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 23, 1949 – June 15, 1968
Service recordCharles Daniel Smith, of Smyrna, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Smyrna, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 31
- WILLIAM GRAY ROSSSecond Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- WILLIE PURFOY SEAMSTERLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- GARY CARL SEYMOURPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN WILLSLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
From Smyrna
- TROY DAVID PAYNE JRCorporal · April 26, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD KELLY JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE WOODPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES LARRY WESTSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- GARY WILLIAM PAINTERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- TERRY LEE MULKEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- FRED BUFFINGTONLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- WILBUR LAWRENCE MILAM IIIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- RONALD HERBERT HOWARDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT GLENNSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
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.