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DONALD LAVERN SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1943 – December 21, 1967
Service recordDonald Lavern Smith, of Fennimore, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 40
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Fennimore, Wisconsin (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 40
- GLENN HAROLD SIMMONSCorporal · December 21, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE SMEDLEYCorporal · December 21, 1967
- MURRAY LAWRENCE SMITHMajor · December 21, 1967
- CHARLES FINNEY SORROW JRCorporal · December 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 35
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 38
From Fennimore
- FRANCIS TRAINOR MULVEYCorporal · August 25, 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.