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CHARLES PORTER SMITH JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 12, 1948 – May 10, 1969
Service recordCharles Porter Smith JR, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 43
- DONALD ROBERT SANDERS JRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- ARTURO SYLVESTER SISNEROSCorporal · May 10, 1969
- RONNY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- ALLAN EMILE STAHLSTROMWarrant Officer 1 · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERVIN HOWARD WILLIAMSONCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 45
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 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.