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DAVID LELAND SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1949 – August 18, 1970
Service recordDavid Leland Smith, of Clairton, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 122
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Mechanic, U/Ah-1 (6114)
- Born
- March 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Clairton, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 122
- DON WAYNE LOVESpecialist Four · August 18, 1970
- GEORGE HENRY MEYERSSergeant First Class · August 18, 1970
- THOMAS HENRY PAPPENHEIMCorporal · August 18, 1970
- JOSEPH HENRY SHELTON IIIFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1970
From Clairton
- JAMES LLOYD PETTIFORDLance Corporal · September 21, 1966
- DENNIS MICHAEL WARGOLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- ALBERT EDWIN SMITHSergeant First Class · May 9, 1968
- FREDRICK PAUL GILLENSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- TERRY LYLE BOOTHPrivate First Class · October 15, 1969
- ROBERT DOERINGSergeant · May 1, 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.