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ELIJAH HENRY SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 22, 1925 – March 23, 1967
Service recordElijah Henry Smith, of Bucyrus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1967, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 32
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1925
- Home of record
- Bucyrus, Ohio (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 32
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- THOMAS DUANE UTTERSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1967
From Bucyrus
- CHARLES EDWARD COLLENEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- EDWARD ALVA SHARROCKSpecialist Four · March 23, 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.