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CHARLES WENDLE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1940 – July 20, 1966
Service recordCharles Wendle Smith, of Tabor, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Tabor, Iowa (Fremont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 50
- DANNY LEWIS RUTHERFORDCorporal · July 20, 1966
- KENT ANDREW SMITHSergeant · July 20, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- DONALD COLES WOODRUFFCaptain · July 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD SHERAN BRATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 44
- CLIFFORD LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 46
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 46
- DOUGLAS MASON KYSERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 47
- COLIN KEITH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 49
- DAVID E PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 49
- CHARLES SAMUEL RIDOUTSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 49
- DONALD COLES WOODRUFFCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 50
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.