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FREDRICK JOE SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 30, 1947 – July 6, 1968
Service recordFredrick Joe Smith, of New Castle, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 30
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 5 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- New Castle, Indiana (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 30
- EUGENE LEE RILEYCorporal · July 6, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE ROBERTSSergeant · July 6, 1968
- CRES PADILLA SALAZARPetty Officer Third Class · July 6, 1968
- JERE LEE WHITAKERCorporal · July 6, 1968
From New Castle
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- CHARLES EVERETT CRANDALLPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- RONALD DAVISPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD JASPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
- TOMMY RAY EATONSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE HOLLOWAYPetty Officer Third Class · April 12, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR KEESLINGSergeant · May 7, 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.