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CLINTON ARNOLD SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 12, 1946 – March 15, 1967
Service recordClinton Arnold Smith, of Oakville, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Oakville, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 87
- DEAN SMITH JRLieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNITCHLance Corporal · March 15, 1967
- VICTOR HUGO THOMPSON IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- VINCENT MILO TOMALKAStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONNIE RAY BEASLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 83
- THOMAS CARROLL NICKERSONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 85
From Oakville
- RAYMOND WALTER VAUGHAN JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1969
- GERHARD M ROLFSPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
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.