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FRANK SMITH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1941 – July 16, 1970
Service recordFrank Smith, of Goldsboro, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 23
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 23
- FRANK ELLIOTT MCNUTTCaptain · July 16, 1970
- RONALD HENRY REILLYSergeant First Class · July 16, 1970
- WILLIAM FOY SETTLESpecialist Four · July 16, 1970
- RICHARD RUSSELL TIMMONSCorporal · July 16, 1970
From Goldsboro
- DONALD EDWARD DANIELSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- MURRAY LYMAN BORDENMajor · October 13, 1966
- JOSEPH M GRANTHAM IIIPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD VERNON RIGGSStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- BOBBY RAY LANEPrivate · June 18, 1968
- EDMOND RAY TOLERPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- EDGAR FELTON DAVISLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1968
- DAN LAVERNE JENKINSLance Corporal · January 29, 1969
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.