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DONALD WAYNE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1946 – February 27, 1966
Service recordDonald Wayne Smith, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 84
- JOSEPH JOHN REILLYPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- ROGER DEAN BULIFANTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- HENRY CLAYTON CASEBOLTCorporal · February 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANCIS AYRESSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 82
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 83
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 84
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.