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DOUGLAS MARK SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 27, 1947 – September 11, 1968
Service recordDouglas Mark Smith, of North Tonawanda, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- November 27, 1947
- Home of record
- North Tonawanda, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 30
- PHILLIP EDWARD SLAUGHTERPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- CURTIS ORAN SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- THOMAS DAVID SMITHSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- STEPHEN DUANE SPARKS SRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
From North Tonawanda
- THOMAS JOSEPH FOXPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- AUGUST CHIASERA JRSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- MARK RICHARD HERINGSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- NORMAN LAWRENCE KELLERSpecialist Four · June 4, 1968
- LON GALE CARRPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- ARTHUR FISHERSergeant · November 20, 1970
- MICHAEL SCHMIDTFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1971
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.