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CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1948 – February 8, 1969
Service recordChristopher Scott Smith, of Torrance, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 85
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Torrance, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 85
- DAVID BRUCE GRAHAMCorporal · February 8, 1969
- DAVID PETER HAEGELESpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- LAWRENCE CHESTER HAWLEYPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- RODGER DALE HOWARDPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GREGORY BROWNCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 83
- DAVID PETER HAEGELESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 85
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 86
- ALEXANDER A S PEOPLESSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 88
- MICHAEL JOHN SPEARSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 89
- MANUEL GURROLA ULLOASergeant · Panel 33W, Line 90
- KERRY FRANK WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 90
From Torrance
- WALLACE KENJI MATAYOSHISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- NORMAN BYRON WENSELConstructionman · January 4, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- MICHAEL BOYD CARTERLance Corporal · February 23, 1967
- PAUL WAYNE RATLIFFCorporal · May 19, 1967
- STEPHEN LEE GRANTLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN EISENACHERStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1968
- THOMAS CLAY WRIGHTSpecialist Five · February 27, 1968
- LARRY MUNOZCorporal · March 6, 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.