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EUGENE FENTON SMALLWOOD
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
July 12, 1927 – September 8, 1969
Service recordEugene Fenton Smallwood, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 59
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 12, 1927
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 59
- THOMAS MICHAEL HUXSpecialist Five · September 8, 1969
- GARY RAY JACKSONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
- CLARENCE EDWARD LOWDERFirst Sergeant · September 8, 1969
- CARL LOUIS MEIERPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BROULLONMajor · Panel 18W, Line 58
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.