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FRED D SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1949 – March 30, 1969
Service recordFred D Smith, of Wittenberg, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 94
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Wittenberg, Wisconsin (Shawano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 94
- DAVID LAWRENCE DECKARDSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES SIEGLERCorporal · March 30, 1969
- MELTON EDWARD SMITHCorporal · March 30, 1969
- WALTER DANIEL SMITHSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- CHESTER H TERRY JRSergeant · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR MILTON BRADBERRYSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 89
- JAMES CARL FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 90
- JOHNNY ALLISON GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 91
- CLARENCE ALBERT LATIMERSergeant First Class · Panel 28W, Line 91
- CHARLES MICHAEL LAMBYSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 92
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.