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CHARLES HERBERT SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1947 – January 8, 1968
Service recordCharles Herbert Smith, of Elberton, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 94
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Elberton, Georgia (Elbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 94
- WALLACE CLAIR SHAFFER JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 8, 1968
- HAROLD WAYNE SIGMONSergeant · January 8, 1968
- HALLIE WILLIAM SMITHMajor · January 8, 1968
- STEPHEN JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
From Elberton
- ALLEN WINFRED JONESPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- JAMES EUGENE JOSLYNStaff Sergeant · October 15, 1966
- CLARK EDWARD CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · September 14, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND BOWMANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- JOHNNY CLEVELAND SIMPSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
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.