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EARL FREDERICK SMITH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 14, 1944 – January 26, 1967
Service recordEarl Frederick Smith, of Albany, Oregon, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 82
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Albany, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 82
- NELSON KEITH RIVERSLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK EDWARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- MALCOLM CARLIS SMITHLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
From Albany
- WRIGHT BARTWYN HAMILLPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- ROLLIE LEE BOLDENSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM E SODERSTROMSergeant · May 6, 1966
- LARRY DALE KNIGHTMajor · October 7, 1966
- LLOYD ALVAN DUNCANPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- GERALD ALLEN HIUKKAPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- JIMMY LYNN DELANOLance Corporal · March 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BURKHARTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHN LEE HOLMESPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR AKIN JRPrivate First Class · September 3, 1968
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.