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DONALD RICHARD SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 12, 1951 – August 28, 1970
Service recordDonald Richard Smith, of Universal City, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Universal City, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 20
- HOFF RALPH HENRY VONDERPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- THEODORE ANTHONY WOLTERSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1970
- DAVID JAMES AMHEISERCorporal · August 29, 1970
- MELVIN CARROLL BATES JRSergeant · August 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEON HODGES JRSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 18
- JOE LUNA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 18
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 19
- ERIC PAUL MISTRETTASpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 19
- NICK ENRIQUE SANCHEZSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 19
From Universal City
- GARY EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · August 18, 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.