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ELDON WAYNE SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1947 – October 6, 1968
Service recordEldon Wayne Smith, of Waterville, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrical Systems Technician, Transport And Helicopter (6242)
- Born
- July 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Waterville, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
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 Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 20
- GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- RICHARD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- GILES WARREN STALLARDPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- RICHARD DURAND STEVENSSpecialist Four · October 6, 1968
From Waterville
- LAWRENCE VINCENT PETERSStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1966
- CHARLES HOMER MILLSStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- GEORGE BELANGERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- JAMES GERARD POMERLEAUCorporal · April 24, 1967
- ROBERT LEOPOLD CLUKEY JRSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- RODNEY JEROME DELISLEPrivate First Class · July 6, 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.