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CURTIS ORAN SMITH JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1937 – September 11, 1968
Service recordCurtis Oran Smith JR, of Gilmer, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 30
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 15, 1937
- Home of record
- Gilmer, Texas (Upshur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 30
- PHILLIP EDWARD SLAUGHTERPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARK SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1968
- THOMAS DAVID SMITHSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- STEPHEN DUANE SPARKS SRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
From Gilmer
- FOY MANION MATHISCaptain · January 29, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- DONNIE PAUL SMITHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1970
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.