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DAVID ARLIE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1947 – July 17, 1967
Service recordDavid Arlie Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 83
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 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
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. 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 23E, Line 83
- SAMUEL PAOLETTICorporal · July 17, 1967
- EARNEST DEE RITCHIESergeant · July 17, 1967
- CLIFFORD WILLIAM SILVIAStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- DALE FRANCIS TEGELMANLance Corporal · July 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WESLEY EARL BELLAMYSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 81
- MICHAEL LEE HOGGESergeant · Panel 23E, Line 82
- BILLIE MIMBSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 82
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.