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DONALD RAY SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordDonald Ray Smith, of Placerville, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Placerville, California (El Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 8
- LLOYD M SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
- DONALD RAY SHOULDERSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- JESSE W SINGLETON JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- EDDIE LEE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON HENRY ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 116
- JOHNNIE J CARAWAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- ARTHURO CARRASCOPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 118
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 119
- WILLIAM ROBERT GREGORYSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 120
- LARRY RUFUS JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 2
- BRUNO J MLODZINSKI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 4
- GENE ALLEN MYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 5
From Placerville
- GARY PAUL WORRELLPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- DENNIS DALE KRAMERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- GLEN OTIS ERVINSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- THOMAS JOEL DAVISSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- LAVERN OREN OENSPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- MORTEN ARVID LIND JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE POSTENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
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.