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GARY MICHAEL SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1945 – December 21, 1969
Service recordGary Michael Smith, of Missoula, Montana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 80
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 80
- THOMAS STEPHEN STAFFORDSeaman · December 21, 1969
- MELVIN SULLIVANSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- STANLEY EDWARD TAYLORSpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
- FRANCIS A TRINCHITELLASpecialist Four · December 21, 1969
From Missoula
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 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.