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DARRELL SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 6, 1949 – March 28, 1970
Service recordDarrell Smith, of Manchester, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Manchester, Kentucky (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 53
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · March 28, 1970
- JOSEPH PAUL SOULEAirman First Class · March 28, 1970
- BOBBY GENE SWANSON JRSergeant · March 28, 1970
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · March 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL ADEN CAMERONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 51
- KENNETH JAMES GARSKISergeant · Panel 12W, Line 51
- FRED GEORGE KOVARIKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 52
- DENNIS MELVIN SCHULTZSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 53
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 53
- JAMES THOMAS WATSONSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 54
From Manchester
- CECIL WALKERCorporal · November 12, 1966
- KENNETH DANIEL HINKLESergeant · June 10, 1968
- MYRON THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- CLARENCE SIZEMORESergeant · May 21, 1969
- KENNETH JOE NOLENPrivate First Class · September 8, 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.