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EDGAR LARUE SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – October 6, 1968
Service recordEdgar Larue Smith, of Wadley, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Wadley, Georgia (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 17
- CHARLES WATSON WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- DAVID WALTER WILSONSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT BRINKOETTERWarrant Officer 1 · October 6, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND RODRIGU HERNANDEZSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 21
From Wadley
- ALBERT EUGENE PETERSON JRMajor · July 19, 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.