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DONALD JOSEPH SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 5, 1949 – January 19, 1969
Service recordDonald Joseph Smith, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY II FF
- Born
- July 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY II FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 40
- JUAN CARLOS QUINTANASpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
- GENE LEROY SCHUKARSergeant · January 19, 1969
- JAMES LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · January 19, 1969
- PAUL ALLEN BALLARDSergeant · January 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT THEODORE MILLERSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 38
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
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.