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DAVID RONALD SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 25, 1941 – January 2, 1968
Service recordDavid Ronald Smith, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 23
- FLOYD PETER SKAGGSCorporal · January 2, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD STAINERPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ODELL STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE EDSEL BALLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 15
- JOHN WESLEY BECKETTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 15
- THOMAS G BERNARDYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 15
- ROBERT EUGENE BOWMANSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 16
- HOUSTON CLIFFORD BOX JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 16
- KENNETH BRAXTON CARPENTERSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 17
- ENNIS EUGENE CROWSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 17
- FRED CLINTON DUBOSE IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 17
- ELDON GARAMILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 18
- JACK WAYNE MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 20
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 21
- WILLIE PETTY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 21
- SAMUEL RIVERA-FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
- RALPH LEE ROTTERPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 22
- ODELL STOKES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 23
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 23
- ABLE CROOM STROUD IIICorporal · Panel 33E, Line 24
- VICTOR DAVID TOMCZYKPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 24
- BOBBY JOE WINKLERCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 25
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.