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CLEO SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 11, 1941 – November 24, 1965
Service recordCleo Smith, of Edwards, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 112
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Edwards, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 112
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- DANIEL FERREL TALLMANPrivate First Class · November 24, 1965
- SAMMY LEE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1965
- TERRY LEE BLYTHESpecialist Four · November 25, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL FERREL TALLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 112
- SAMMY LEE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 112
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.