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GARY WAYNE SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 12, 1949 – December 23, 1970
Service recordGary Wayne Smith, of Toledo, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Toledo, Oregon (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 3
- JAMES VINCENT DRAGONESergeant · December 23, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCOBYStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1970
- DALE EDWARD SHULTZSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
- MICHAEL MATTHEW SIKICHSpecialist Four · December 23, 1970
From Toledo
- THOMAS TAYLOR WALKERCaptain · April 7, 1966
- DAVID RAWSON BLACKMAN IIIPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE JOHNSONHospitalman · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT LLOYD COULTERSpecialist Four · June 26, 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.