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DOUGLAS BANE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 18, 1947 – May 4, 1968
Service recordDouglas Bane Smith, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 35
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 54E, Line 35
- DWIGHT DAWSON JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · May 4, 1968
- GERALD DEAN KLEINSergeant · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD RICHARD MAZURSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 37
- THOMAS A MCCORMICK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 38
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 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.