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CHARLES EDWARD SMITH
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1921 – January 15, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Smith, of Glenolden, Pennsylvania, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 38
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1921
- Home of record
- Glenolden, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 38
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH RODGERSPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE SPROUSEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- ROBERT GREER STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALE EARL BENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 31
From Glenolden
- HOWARD C MCCARTHY JRSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
- RONALD GARY GRUMLINGCorporal · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM F BAGGS JRSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- RONALD BOYSEN BAKERMajor · February 10, 1970
- FRANCIS JOSEPH MCCANN JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 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.