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CHARLES FRANKLIN SMITH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 5, 1948 – October 26, 1970
Service recordCharles Franklin Smith, of St Charles, Missouri, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 24
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- St Charles, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 24
- DENNIS EDWARD REESESpecialist Four · October 26, 1970
- KARL LEWIS REINECCIUSPrivate First Class · October 26, 1970
- JACK LAWRENCE BAGLEYFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD MILLERLance Corporal · October 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RICHARD COOKChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 22
- DENNIS EDWARD REESESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 24
- KARL LEWIS REINECCIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 24
From St Charles
- ROBERT JOHN WILKINSLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- FLOYD WAYNE HARTWICK JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1967
- LEROY ONEALStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1967
- STEVEN JOHN REICHARDTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD HUDSONSpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- ROBERT JOHN MORRIS JRCaptain · December 26, 1972
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.