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EDWARD ARTHUR SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – June 17, 1967
Service recordEdward Arthur Smith, of Newport, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Newport, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; 35 of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 4
- EDWARD EARL STROMBECKMajor · June 17, 1967
- JOHN W VAUGHANSecond Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON WEIKAL JRTechnical Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD WESTStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ANDREW ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 116
- JOHN ARTHUR BRANTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 117
- EMANUEL KRIS BRICKHOUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 117
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 118
- WILLIAM NOEL COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 118
- JERRY ROBERT COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 118
- ALAN WAYNE DENNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 118
- RONALD DAVID EDENFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 119
- JAMES MELVIN ELCHERTPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 119
- GARY JOSEPH ERNSTPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 120
- ALAN JAMES FARHATPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 120
- ROBERT TAYLOR HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 121
- EDWARD ELIAS HEYERSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 121
- SAMMY LEE HOLMESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 121
- CHARLES WAYNE HOOKSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 121
- CARL THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 122
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 122
- PAUL EDWARD KELLY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 123
- DOUGLAS ALFRED LOGANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 123
- ROBERT STANLEY MAGUIREPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 123
- BOBBY MINTONSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 123
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MORROWSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 124
- HOWARD ALLEN MUCHASpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 124
- STEPHEN M NOGGLESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 125
From Newport
- CHARLES MARSHALL BRADFORDPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- CHARLES FREDERICK SWOPECaptain · November 9, 1966
- JAY C TIPTONLance Corporal · November 22, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN JORDANPrivate First Class · February 24, 1967
- CLARENCE HALLSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- PATRICK EARL BLAGGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- TROY EVERETT POWELLLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD COTTINGHAMPrivate · September 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH BERNINGLance Corporal · June 2, 1970
- GARY LEE SCHNEIDERStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
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.