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DAVID FRANCIS SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 10, 1947 – August 6, 1969
Service recordDavid Francis Smith, of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 104
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Ellwood City, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 104
- MICHAEL WALTER NORTHSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- VIESTURS REIKMANISSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- FRED GEROLD RINEHARTSergeant · August 6, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN TALBOTTCorporal · August 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID HAROLD FINGERCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 101
- GREGORY LEO MEYERSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 103
- FRED GEROLD RINEHARTSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 104
- AKKE JANS TIMMER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 105
From Ellwood City
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LISTORTILance Corporal · August 12, 1967
- DAVID LYNN BROWNLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE BOYERCorporal · May 25, 1969
- DENNIS RALPH BAKERLance Corporal · October 20, 1969
- DAVID JOHN GAMBLECorporal · November 6, 1969
- LESLIE HALASZ SABO JRSergeant · May 10, 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.