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DANIEL JEFFREY SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 8, 1946 – November 10, 1969
Service recordDaniel Jeffrey Smith, of Los Altos, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 54
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Traffic Control Tower Operator (93H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Altos, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 54
- EARL THOMAS PEARSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT PETER QUERYPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES SALISBURYSergeant First Class · November 10, 1969
- LESLIE FRED SHENKSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
From Los Altos
- MICHAEL CHARLES DELACYCorporal · November 16, 1965
- DAVID CHARLES BROSTROMLieutenant (junior grade) · August 11, 1966
- THOMAS G DERRICKSON IILieutenant Colonel · October 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS KLINE JRCorporal · March 30, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM CASEYSergeant · November 27, 1968
- VICTOR CHARLES NAVONE JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- JAMES RANDOLPH REGNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- JOSEPH LESTER HARTSpecialist Four · March 29, 1970
- JAMES ALLYN DUENSINGLieutenant · January 30, 1973
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.