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CRAIG DENNIS SMITHSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1949 – December 20, 1969
Service recordCraig Dennis Smithson, of Welcome, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 74
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Welcome, Minnesota (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 74
- J C THEODORE MILLERStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1969
- JOEL ALEXIS SANDBERGLieutenant (junior grade) · December 20, 1969
- GLENN COLIN SHUEYCorporal · December 20, 1969
- DAVID LEE SMITHLance Corporal · December 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY WAYNE FELDENPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 73
- DAVID WILLIAMS JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 73
- WOODROW WILSON SNYDER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 75
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.