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CURTIS DWAINE SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – July 28, 1969
Service recordCurtis Dwaine Smith, of Bessemer City, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 67
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)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Bessemer City, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 20W, Line 67
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYANSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- CHARLES MICHAEL SIKESSpecialist Five · July 28, 1969
- ERVIN RYNOLT SRB JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- LESLIE ELROY WALKERSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW JOHN KINIRYCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 65
From Bessemer City
- CLAUDE EUGENE ELMORESergeant · July 12, 1967
- REID MCDONALD NANEYPrivate First Class · February 23, 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.