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DENNIS MICHAEL SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1942 – November 30, 1970
Service recordDennis Michael Smith, of Aurora, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 100
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Laboratory Specialist (92B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 17, 1942
- Home of record
- Aurora, Colorado (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 100
- FELIPE MORALESCorporal · November 30, 1970
- KENNETH LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
- ROGER WILBUR ANDERSON JRFirst Lieutenant · December 1, 1970
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · December 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 97
- ROBERT ARTHUR BOJANEKSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 97
- DOUGLAS STEPHEN BRIDGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 97
- DONALD LEWIS GOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 98
- BENJAMIN ROY NELSON JRCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 99
- KENNETH LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 100
From Aurora
- JAMES DANIEL HAKES JRLance Corporal · May 15, 1966
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANKLIN MATTHEWSLance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD LEMONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- THOMAS DAVID BARBERAirman · March 17, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE TABORPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN RYNNINGSergeant · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD LE ROY MARTINPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JACKIE VERNON HENSLEYStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1969
- CLYDE SEILERMajor · March 27, 1969
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.