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FORREST LLOYD SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 31, 1942 – May 28, 1969
Service recordForrest Lloyd Smith, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 11
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · May 28, 1969
- JOSEPH LEE RHODESLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- ROBERT GUSTAVE SCHMIDTLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- CLARENCE TAYLORCorporal · May 28, 1969
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.