The Wall › Panel 12E › Florida › Donald P Smith
DONALD P SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1943 – November 18, 1966
Service recordDonald P Smith, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 85
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 85
- JAMES WILLIS LEACHChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND EUGENE SMOOTSpecialist Five · November 18, 1966
- FREDERICK PEARCE VICTORIAFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1966
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.