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FRANK JOHN SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1949 – October 2, 1968
Service recordFrank John Smith, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 64
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 64
- JOHN MARTIN QUIGLEYStaff Sergeant · September 24, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL SABOSpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
- JOHN C SHERIN IIIWarrant Officer 1 · October 2, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD SMIDSTRASpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
- ALLAN RAY WALSHSpecialist Four · October 2, 1968
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 1967
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.