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CHARLES E SMELTZER III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 20, 1949 – February 13, 1970
Service recordCharles E Smeltzer III, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1949
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 6
- RICHARD JOHN GORGESPrivate First Class · February 13, 1970
- JESUS JAMES MEZASpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- JAMES OSCAR OLZER JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- TRINIDAD GUTIERREZ PRIETOSpecialist Four · February 13, 1970
- CHARLES GORDON THORNECaptain · February 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROY WILLIAM COBBSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 5
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
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.