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DONALD EMMETT SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1952 – September 8, 1971
Service recordDonald Emmett Smith, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 16, 1952
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 13
- ANDREW IVAN JRMajor · May 30, 1971
- RAYMOND WALTER CULVERStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1971
- CHARLES CALVIN SNIDER JRStaff Sergeant · September 9, 1971
- LEROY JASON CORNWELL IIICaptain · September 10, 1971
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.