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FRED DOUGLAS SMITH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1945 – August 15, 1966
Service recordFred Douglas Smith JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 10
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- DERRELL KEITH SHARPSergeant · August 15, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DERRELL KEITH SHARPSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 10
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.