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DONALD BRUCE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 4, 1950 – April 8, 1970
Service recordDonald Bruce Smith, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 109
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 109
- WILLIAM A SHARPE JRSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
- THOMAS CLINTON SMITH JRCorporal · April 8, 1970
- LAWRENCE GREGORY THODEFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1970
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.