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DENNIS WAYNE SMITH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – January 25, 1970
Service recordDennis Wayne Smith, of Bristol, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Bristol, Tennessee (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 66
- HAROLD VAN MANN JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
- DUANE JOSEPH MARHEFKASergeant · January 25, 1970
- JEFF MILLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- ROBERT GENE ROGERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
From Bristol
- JASPER DUEL CLARDYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- CARL C SPANGLERStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1966
- CHESTER STACY HUGHESPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- GEORGE WAYNE MCREYNOLDSSpecialist Five · January 30, 1968
- GARRY LEE WORLEYCorporal · April 23, 1970
- DAVID WILLIAM BARNETTStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
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.