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GARY WENDELL SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1948 – February 24, 1969
Service recordGary Wendell Smith, of Ft Atkinson, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 40
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Atkinson, Wisconsin (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 40
- LEROY ELLSWORTH SHELDONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS SHIRODA JRSergeant · February 24, 1969
- RICHARD LEE SHUCKSergeant · February 24, 1969
- GAROLD RAY SIMMERSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
From Ft Atkinson
- GEORGE FREDERICK DAILEYCaptain · May 12, 1966
- TERRENCE DANIEL BECKLance Corporal · December 20, 1967
- LARRY ALAN SMITHSergeant · April 16, 1969
- ANDREW GREGORY KIRCHMAYERCaptain · November 18, 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.