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DENNIS CAROL SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 29, 1947 – December 29, 1967
Service recordDennis Carol Smith, of Deer River, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 97
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
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Deer River, Minnesota (Itasca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 97
- BRUCE JONATHAN ROTHLance Corporal · December 29, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
- MILTON WARREN SMITHWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
- GERALD GORDON VANBURENLieutenant Colonel · December 29, 1967
From Deer River
- NORRIS LEE BRENDENCorporal · February 5, 1968
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.