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EUGENE IVAN SMITH
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
February 14, 1931 – January 1, 1971
Service recordEugene Ivan Smith, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Military Intelligence Officer (9300)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 14, 1931
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1971
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 20
- MICHAEL ABEL PIERCESpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- DONALD DEAN WINNSpecialist Four · January 1, 1971
- STANLEY GENE CROCKETTSergeant · January 2, 1971
- GARY LYNN DENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL ABEL PIERCESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 20
- DONALD DEAN WINNSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 20
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.