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DAVID WESLEY SMITH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1943 – November 27, 1968
Service recordDavid Wesley Smith, of Ft Mill, South Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 79
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Mill, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 79
- SALVATORE JOHN PISCITELLOSergeant · November 27, 1968
- GENE PAUL STUIFBERGENStaff Sergeant · November 27, 1968
- THEODORE ALFRED SWEATTSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
- DANIEL CLINE TEDROWCorporal · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RAYMOND THIEMSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 80
From Ft Mill
- CHARLES MELVIN GOUDECorporal · November 12, 1966
- JAMES MONTGOMERY JOHNSTONECaptain · November 19, 1966
- LINDELL RAY STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- CHARLES REGINALD FERRELLPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- RAYMOND ERVIN LONGLance Corporal · October 19, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE PHIFERLance Corporal · December 11, 1967
- JOHNNIE WYLIE POTTSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- SAM HENRY BOYDCorporal · May 28, 1968
- LAWRENCE EDWARD SCOTTSpecialist Five · November 25, 1970
- JERRY DONALD HELMSSergeant · April 30, 1971
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.