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FRANKLIN WAYNE SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1941 – June 6, 1966
Service recordFranklin Wayne Smith, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 13
- ELDON CHRIST VANBEBERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- EPHRAIM VASQUEZStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- WILLIAM WINTON WEBBSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1966
- CHARLES J WISNIEWSKI JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VARL ESTON FULFORDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 14
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALBRAITHSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 14
- EDDIE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 14
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 15
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 15
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 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.