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FREDERICK E SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1944 – February 26, 1966
Service recordFrederick E Smith, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 13 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- October 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 81
- ERNEST ALBERT LAROCHEPrivate · February 26, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROBERT D WILLIAMS JRCorporal · February 26, 1966
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
- ELMORE BRITTINGHAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1967
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.