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DEANE FRANKLYN SMITH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1949 – June 8, 1969
Service recordDeane Franklyn Smith JR, of Amarillo, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 114
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Amarillo, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 114
- MELVILLE ALBERT LURTH JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- JAMES ALFRED PERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- JOHNNY BILL ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- ROBERT ROY SHERIDANSergeant · June 8, 1969
From Amarillo
- RONALD DICKERSON HINESFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1964
- DONALD WAYNE BEARDLieutenant Commander · December 9, 1964
- DOUGLAS DULANE MACKWarrant Officer 1 · April 19, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- L V THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT CROLEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN FRANKLIN FLOYDPlatoon Sergeant · August 8, 1966
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- ARTHUR KASIMI TYSZKIEWICZLieutenant Commander · January 14, 1967
- CLIFFORD GORDON DAVISCorporal · April 30, 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.