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FRANK NORMAN SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1948 – December 17, 1968
Service recordFrank Norman Smith, of Seneca, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 37
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Seneca, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; nine of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 37
- WALLACE FREDERICK SIMPKINStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1968
- MORTON HAROLD SINGERCaptain · December 17, 1968
- ROBERT FERRELL STOCKARDCorporal · December 17, 1968
- DONALD LOUIS STONEMANSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NEIL ROBERT BURNHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 33
- RICHARD GUY DRAKESergeant · Panel 36W, Line 34
- JAMES RUSSELL HAMMERSLAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 35
- JOHN PETER KOOBChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36W, Line 35
- THOMAS MARK KUPIECSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- ROBERT RAY MASCARENASSpecialist Five · Panel 36W, Line 36
- GEORGE WINSTON MORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 36
- ROBERT FERRELL STOCKARDCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 37
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.