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DAVID GEORGE SMITHWICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 16, 1949 – October 30, 1971
Service recordDavid George Smithwick, of De Pere, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 57
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
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 16, 1949
- Home of record
- De Pere, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1971; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 57
- DONALD CHARLES TALLMANPrivate First Class · October 30, 1971
- LUTHER BURNETT WARD JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
- STEPHEN JOSEPH HUSKEYSpecialist Four · October 31, 1971
- GUFFEY SCOTT JOHNSONSergeant · October 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ERNIE ROBLES MARTINEZSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 56
From De Pere
- LEON MILTON PHILLIPSSergeant · March 9, 1968
- LOUIS GEORGE RHOADESCorporal · June 6, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD HERMSENSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
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.