The Wall › Panel 1E › Missouri › Eddie Louis Smith
EDDIE LOUIS SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 16, 1936 – October 4, 1964
Service recordEddie Louis Smith, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 64
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 16, 1936
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1964
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 64
- JOHN CLARENCE THOMASLieutenant Commander · September 8, 1964
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- VIRGIL RAYMOND GREANYMajor · September 25, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
From St Louis
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
- MARVIN ELLIS CURRYSpecialist Four · October 31, 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.