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ERNEST WILLIAM SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 20, 1946 – April 16, 1968
Service recordErnest William Smith, of Belvidere, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 22
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Belvidere, New Jersey (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 22
- DONALD C SMITHSergeant · April 16, 1968
- SAMMY RAY SMITHSergeant · April 16, 1968
- ESMOND EMERSON SNELL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1968
- NATHANIEL MEARLO WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DOUGLAS HINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 15
- JAMES EDWARD YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 25
From Belvidere
- ROBERT ALBANESEMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.