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DONALD C SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1934 – April 16, 1968
Service recordDonald C Smith, of Lawson, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 22
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Lawson, Missouri (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 22
- ERNEST WILLIAM SMITHSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- SAMMY RAY SMITHSergeant · April 16, 1968
- ESMOND EMERSON SNELL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1968
- NATHANIEL MEARLO WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
From Lawson
- RALEIGH LEE GODLEYPetty Officer Second Class · May 22, 1966
- HAROLD KENNETH SOUTHWICKCorporal · March 2, 1967
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.