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GARY ROY SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1949 – April 27, 1969
Service recordGary Roy Smith, of Laconia, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Laconia, New Hampshire (Belknap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 67
- CHARLES EDWARD REDDSergeant First Class · April 27, 1969
- PHILIP THOMAS REGAN JRSergeant · April 27, 1969
- LESLEY STEVEN REITERSergeant · April 27, 1969
- LORNE JAY SIPPERLEYSpecialist Five · April 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARNOLD REX BRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 59
- LARRY DEE BROCKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 26W, Line 60
- BILLY CLAYTON CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 60
- WILLIAM WAYNE HENDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 62
- PAUL JAMESON NEELYSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 66
From Laconia
- JAY ALLEN HURDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1966
- PETER WHITCOMB MORRISONFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1967
- JONATHAN CHARLE WHITTICOMLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- DAVID A KREITZERChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 2, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL AHERNSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- JAMES EVERETT SAWYER JRCorporal · June 14, 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.