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CHARLES ERNEST SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 14, 1949 – January 28, 1969
Service recordCharles Ernest Smith, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 10
- JEROLD JEROME SHELTONStaff Sergeant · January 28, 1969
- GARVIS KEITH SIMONSSergeant · January 28, 1969
- GARY LADD SQUIERSPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- STEVEN MICHAEL STEINBACHERLance Corporal · January 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PETER BIEDRONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 5
- JOHN LOUIS REAGLECorporal · Panel 33W, Line 9
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.