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GENE DARRELL SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1941 – April 30, 1967
Service recordGene Darrell Smith, of Midlothian, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 129
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Midlothian, Virginia (Chesterfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 129
- JOSE I GARCIA-MALDONADOSpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- BRUCE HASSELL SCRAGGSpecialist Four · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- BARRY JAN SHORTPlatoon Sergeant · April 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE FOXSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 121
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.