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DENNIS WAYNE SMITH
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
March 8, 1942 – March 5, 1967
Service recordDennis Wayne Smith, of Basin, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 23
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Basin, Wyoming (Big Horn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 23
- ANTHONY MARIO ORLANDOLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- ORMAN DORR PHILLIPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 5, 1967
- EDWARD GEAN RAYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROY ANTHONY SCHAEFER JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT JANKASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 20
- KENNETH WAYNE LAMPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 21
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 22
- ORMAN DORR PHILLIPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16E, Line 23
- CLIFFORD EDWARD SPARKSSpecialist Six · Panel 16E, Line 24
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 25
- KENNETH WAYNE WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 25
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 26
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.