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EDDIE LEE SMITH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 29, 1943 – June 9, 1969
Service recordEddie Lee Smith, of Rentz, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 8
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Fa Unit Commander (71193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Rentz, Georgia (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 8
- LLOYD M SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
- DONALD RAY SHOULDERSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- JESSE W SINGLETON JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DONALD RAY SMITHSergeant · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY LESTER BARNESSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 116
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BEANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 117
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 117
- WILLIAM DEAN BUSHARDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 117
- JUAN JAVIER FIGUEROACorporal · Panel 23W, Line 119
- WALDEMAR JOHN GEIGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 120
- LARRY RUSSELL GILBERTSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 120
- DONALD OWEN HARTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 1
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 6
- TERRY GENE RADASergeant · Panel 22W, Line 7
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS SPARKSSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 9
- DANIEL TUCKER THURSTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 9
- GARY JOHN WINKLERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 10
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.