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EUGENE WILLARD SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1942 – June 10, 1969
Service recordEugene Willard Smith, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 16
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 16
- GARY DENNIS STOCKLINFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1969
- RAYMOND WILLIAM SWANSONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM WALSHCaptain · June 10, 1969
- LAWRENCE LEALAND WHITESpecialist Four · June 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD CHARLES HEARDPrivate · Panel 22W, Line 13
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.