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DARRELL JACK SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – February 6, 1970
Service recordDarrell Jack Smith, of Pikeville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 109
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
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Pikeville, Kentucky (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 109
- KIRK IRWIN TEMPLELance Corporal · February 6, 1970
- GARY DAVID THATCHERWarrant Officer 1 · February 6, 1970
- JAMES LARRY WALDENCorporal · February 6, 1970
- RICHARD FREEMAN WALTONSergeant · February 6, 1970
From Pikeville
- JULIAN THOMAS FIELDSSergeant · May 18, 1968
- KELLY FIELDSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT HOPKINSSergeant · July 8, 1968
- WILLIAM KENDALL BLACKBURNSergeant · August 16, 1969
- MANNIFRED YATESMajor · September 13, 1969
- DON MCCLELLAND JUSTICECorporal · September 7, 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.