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CHARLES LEE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1947 – November 21, 1968
Service recordCharles Lee Smith, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 30
- WILLIAM JOHN RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- WAYNE E SKOLITSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- JOE HARRY STANLEYSergeant · November 21, 1968
- EDDY GALE SUMPTERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RAY BEARDPrivate · Panel 38W, Line 23
- CURTISS EDWARD BRAATZPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 23
- HARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 24
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.