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EUGENE SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 1, 1944 – September 18, 1968
Service recordEugene Smith, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 30
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
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 30
- STEVEN MICHAEL ORTPrivate · September 18, 1968
- WILLIAM D ROBINSON JRCaptain · September 18, 1968
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · September 18, 1968
- ALFRED M SCHROEDER JRFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE ANGEL GALVEZPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 27
- AARON GILBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 28
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.