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FRANK DONALD SMITHERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1945 – January 25, 1969
Service recordFrank Donald Smitherman, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 80
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 80
- JOSEPH MICHAEL SCHMOLKEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE TALLEYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- ROGER LEE VICKERSFirst Lieutenant · January 25, 1969
- JON FREDERICK WARMBRODTSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALVIN RAY NARCISSECorporal · Panel 34W, Line 73
- RALPH LEWIS GLOVERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 75
- RALPH EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 76
- STEVEN TRACY KIELSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 76
- FERNANDO LEONARD LOZANOSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 77
- ANDERSON DON BOLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 78
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.