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ERRAL DALE SMALLWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1947 – September 24, 1967
Service recordErral Dale Smallwood, of Putnam, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Putnam, Georgia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 7
- GARY LEE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- THOMAS MILTON THATCHERLance Corporal · September 24, 1967
- JOE MINOR THOMASSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER BURNSStaff Sergeant · Panel 27E, Line 4
- LAWRENCE BERNARD CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 5
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 7
- JOE MINOR THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 7
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.