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CHARLES LENET SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 26, 1945 – December 8, 1968
Service recordCharles Lenet Smith, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 69
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1945
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 69
- EARNEST LANE REYNOLDSLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- FELIX DENNIS RIDGEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- LARRY GORDON SANDNESLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- JACK DOHN SCHAFFNERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DUPREESergeant · Panel 37W, Line 62
- EDDIE DALE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 63
- JOHN DAVID HANCOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 65
- ARMOUR DAVID WILCOX IIISergeant · Panel 37W, Line 71
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.