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GARY CLARENCE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 5, 1943 – October 10, 1968
Service recordGary Clarence Smith, of Pingree, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 43
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 116 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Pingree, Idaho (Bingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 43
- EVERETT LEROY DAUGHERTY JRPrivate First Class · October 10, 1968
- JAMES WALTER SZCZUPAJSergeant · October 10, 1968
- WAYMON LEON TRIGGSSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUSKEY SRSpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
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.