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DAVID GERALD SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 6, 1949 – March 25, 1969
Service recordDavid Gerald Smith, of Liberty, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Liberty, South Carolina (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 40
- RICHARD DEAN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · March 25, 1969
- LEWIS EUGENE SAMPLERStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- DOMINIC M SEMENTELLI JRSergeant · March 25, 1969
- NORMAN CARTER SMOOTSSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
From Liberty
- ROBERT EUGENE BROWNINGPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- JACKY LEROY GARRETTStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1968
- STANLEY RUSSELL PETTITCorporal · September 15, 1968
- JAMES DONNIE HOWELance Corporal · May 6, 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.