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GARY WILLIAM SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1945 – December 8, 1966
Service recordGary William Smith, of Meridian, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 22
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- June 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Meridian, Mississippi (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 22
- MICHAEL LEWIS HYDECaptain · December 8, 1966
- DANIEL MACARTHUR KELLETTFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- ROGER EDWARD LABONTESecond Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- FRANKLIN JACK LUMMUSCorporal · December 8, 1966
From Meridian
- M L MCCLELLANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- DEBROW DOZIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- MYLES CLAYTON SAVELLStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1966
- WILLIAM R DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · October 22, 1966
- JULIAN DICKIE HAMMOND JRLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANK FOSTERLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 14, 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.