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DENNIS GERALD SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1949 – March 10, 1970
Service recordDennis Gerald Smith, of Columbus, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 107
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 107
- DON ROBERT RILEYSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
- LAWRENCE HAROLD SANTINACSergeant · March 10, 1970
- GEORGE THOMAS SCARBOROUGHPrivate First Class · March 10, 1970
- THOMAS EUGENE SEVERSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
From Columbus
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CLOPTONSergeant · July 2, 1967
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 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.