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DONALD BOYD SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1941 – August 28, 1966
Service recordDonald Boyd Smith, of Mcalester, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Mcalester, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 55
- FRANK LEROY BARBEEPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES CONRADPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSE LUIS MORENOSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 54
From Mcalester
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- MYRON FRANCIS SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1967
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD DEERINWATERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JOHN BONAT STIZZAMajor · January 21, 1970
- JOSHUA ELI CARNEYStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
- FRANKIE GUY BAKERPrivate · March 5, 1971
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.