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EDMOND EUGENE SMITH III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1950 – February 3, 1970
Service recordEdmond Eugene Smith III, of Glens Falls, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 96
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- September 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Glens Falls, New York (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 96
- JAMES WESLEY STEWARTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1970
- DONNIE JAY SWATSELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- HENRY BERTRAM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
- ARTHUR CLARKGunnery Sergeant · February 3, 1970
From Glens Falls
- ALBERT BOYD AYRESMajor · February 24, 1967
- JAMES JOHN BATESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PEZZULOCorporal · March 21, 1967
- HOWARD EUGENE BEAGLESergeant · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH LEONARD COLOTTISpecialist Four · April 19, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN BARRYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- PETER MARK BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JAMES WARREN VANTASSELLCorporal · July 5, 1968
- GERALD EDMUND HAMMOND JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
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.