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DAVID WAYNE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1948 – February 12, 1969
Service recordDavid Wayne Smith, of Westminster, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Westminster, South Carolina (Oconee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 23
- WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- ROBERT DALE SHOEMAKERCorporal · February 12, 1969
- STEPHEN ADAMS SHORTALLFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
From Westminster
- WILLIAM JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
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.