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DONALD RAY SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1946 – June 20, 1966
Service recordDonald Ray Smith, of Inglewood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Inglewood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 69
- GARY LAVERN SANGSTERLance Corporal · June 20, 1966
- DONALD FRANK SCHMIDTCaptain · June 20, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- MARC ANTHONY SIVATTAPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- REINER WALTER BIEROWSKISergeant · Panel 8E, Line 64
- ROBERT MORRIS COOKEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 64
- LELAND RICHARD COTTINSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 65
- FLOYD CORNELIUS DENSONSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 65
- MARTIN PHILLIP EASTHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 65
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 65
- LARRY FRANKLIN HERRINPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 66
- RICHARD HINTONCorporal · Panel 8E, Line 66
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- RONNIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- PATRICK THOMAS MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 67
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 68
- EDWIN HAROLD SORNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 70
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 70
- MILLARD LEROY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 71
From Inglewood
- LARRY VERNON LAKEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- ROY LOUIS RYSE JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- DONALD ZOBOBLISHLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD COSSA JRSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CENTERSeaman · July 11, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- DONALD LYNN MCALISTERCorporal · September 4, 1967
- MERLE L DUEMANMaster Sergeant · September 17, 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.