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FRED STEVEN SMART
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 27, 1950 – June 19, 1970
Service recordFred Steven Smart, of Meridian, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 70
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Meridian, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 70
- ROBERT HARRISON PILKSergeant First Class · June 19, 1970
- ROBERT FRANKLIN STEELESergeant · June 19, 1970
- RONALD RICHARD STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 19, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD THORNTONCorporal · June 19, 1970
From Meridian
- RANDY K BRONSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 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.