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DON SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1949 – March 17, 1969
Service recordDon Smith, of Speedwell, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 64
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Speedwell, Tennessee (Claiborne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 64
- DENNIS ROLAND LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN RUSSELLSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
- JOSEPH CLAYTON THORNE JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- FIRMAN ANDREW TITUSSpecialist Five · March 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEWIS CHAPPELLPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 59
- LARRY DEE GREENHALGHPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 61
- LYLE CLEVELAND HANSBROUGHSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 61
- JAY HARRISON MANCHESTERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 63
- ROBERT JOHN REGENHARDT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 63
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.