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DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 22, 1947 – July 1, 1967
Service recordDaniel Raymond Smeester, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 93
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 93
- WILLIAM SCOTTSpecialist Four · July 1, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ARSELL WHITLEYSpecialist Four · July 1, 1967
- MELVIN ROY WRIGHTLance Corporal · July 1, 1967
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 1968
- JOHN R DAGOSTINO JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
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.