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DAVID LEE SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1950 – December 20, 1969
Service recordDavid Lee Smith, of Enterprise, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 74
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Enterprise, Oregon (Wallowa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 74
- J C THEODORE MILLERStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1969
- JOEL ALEXIS SANDBERGLieutenant (junior grade) · December 20, 1969
- GLENN COLIN SHUEYCorporal · December 20, 1969
- CRAIG DENNIS SMITHSONPrivate First Class · December 20, 1969
From Enterprise
- WAYNE ALVIN ECKLEYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TIMOTHY LAWRENCE STROHMPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
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.