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DALE GENE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1946 – May 20, 1969
Service recordDale Gene Smith, of Pearl, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 61
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Pearl, Illinois (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 61
- JOHN MICHAEL RANDALLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS ROBSONCorporal · May 20, 1969
- JAMES BENJAMIN SHELBYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- RAYMOND MACK SHINELDECKERSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
From Pearl
- HOWARD LLOYD ALLENStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1965
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.