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EDGAR ARMSTRONG SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 5, 1941 – September 19, 1968
Service recordEdgar Armstrong Smith, of Mt Vernon, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 42
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
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; 18 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 43W, Line 42
- LESTER EARL ROPETERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JAMES CHESTER SCHULTZCorporal · September 19, 1968
- JAMES CHARLES DAN SIMMONSLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- JOHNNY CLEVELAND SIMPSONCorporal · September 19, 1968
From Mt Vernon
- JOHN HOWARD GRIFFITHPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT VALENTINOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- JORGE L FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL ALFRED CUNNIONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · November 14, 1966
- MICHAEL ALBERT KRAFTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1967
- RAYMOND COLUMBUS JACKSONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- MOSES JOHN LEWISCorporal · December 31, 1967
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS MADELSpecialist Four · May 1, 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.