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DAVID WILLIAM SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 11, 1947 – May 26, 1968
Service recordDavid William Smith, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 1
- LUKE ANDREW SMITH JRPrivate · May 26, 1968
- RONALD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- DENNIS MILTON SOLLENBERGERFireman · May 26, 1968
- REID TYRONE STYERSSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WILLIAM BRAUNStaff Sergeant · Panel 66W, Line 2
- GEORGE LEE COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 66W, Line 3
- DANIEL ERIC GOLDSMITHSergeant · Panel 66W, Line 6
- WALTER ROBIN LANGPrivate First Class · Panel 66W, Line 9
- ROBERT GERALD MARVINSpecialist Four · Panel 66W, Line 9
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.