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DENNIS SMITH JR
Captain · U.S. Army
September 25, 1943 – November 30, 1969
Service recordDennis Smith JR, of Sebring, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 11
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Sebring, Florida (Highlands County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 11
- JAMES NORMAN ROYALSpecialist Four · November 30, 1969
- DEAN RICHARD SHILLINGLance Corporal · November 30, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE VANDERGRIFFSergeant · November 30, 1969
- RICHARD OGDEN WOLFEPetty Officer First Class · November 30, 1969
From Sebring
- BRUCE LAMAR SIMPSONPrivate First Class · October 18, 1966
- EDWIN CHARLES HILLLance Corporal · January 13, 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.