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DONALD EUGENE SMITH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 9, 1927 – November 13, 1964
Service recordDonald Eugene Smith, of El Monte, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 9, 1927
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1964
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1964. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 71
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- DANIEL GEORGE DAWSONCaptain · November 6, 1964
- HERIBERTO ARNALDO GARCIACaptain · November 8, 1964
- DARL RUSSELL BLOOMCaptain · November 13, 1964
From El Monte
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
- ROBERT GARRY ROSSPrivate First Class · May 10, 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.