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EVERETT HAROLD SMITH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 2, 1942 – September 25, 1968
Service recordEverett Harold Smith JR, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Water Treatment Specialist (51N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 14
- CURTIS LEE BATTONLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SEBASTIANCorporal · September 25, 1968
- MICHEL KENT SUBLETTCorporal · September 25, 1968
- HINEY WILLISSergeant · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS KNUTE BLAINPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 9
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 10
- LARRY GENE DROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 10
- JAMES HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 13
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.