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CHARLES EDWARD SMITH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 5, 1948 – August 30, 1969
Service recordCharles Edward Smith JR, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 12
- NICHOLAS JAMES RYMONDPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD SQUAIREPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- GREGORY NEESE TRIMNALSergeant · August 30, 1969
- SCOTT MITCHELL VERNERSpecialist Four · August 30, 1969
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.