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CHARLES FRANK SMITH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 9, 1938 – August 26, 1968
Service recordCharles Frank Smith, of Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 498 MED CO USARV
- Born
- June 9, 1938
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 34
- DAVID FREDERICK SLEEPERSergeant · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH SMITHPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL SPROUTPetty Officer Third Class · August 26, 1968
- JAMES ALTON TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · August 26, 1968
From Elizabeth
- JOHN VINCENT CHUTISStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN BURKHARDTLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
- GEORGE WAYNE LARGEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- LEE DANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- ALEX DENNIS PYSZSpecialist Four · October 27, 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.