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DAVID LEON SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 17, 1946 – February 13, 1966
Service recordDavid Leon Smith, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 13, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 29
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 29
- JOE LEE WILLIAMSPetty Officer First Class · August 5, 1964
- HENRY ARTHUR GRETTENPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WALTER KISALAPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- CHARLES TERRELL PITTMANSpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
- JAMES BARNETT PATTERSONSergeant First Class · May 24, 1967
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.