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GENERAL DEWAYNE SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1945 – April 21, 1971
Service recordGeneral Dewayne Smith, of Austin, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 1
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 1
- HERBERT MILLERMajor · April 21, 1971
- STANTON GERALD SARGENTCorporal · April 21, 1971
- KENNETH WAYNE SHAMBLINSpecialist Four · April 21, 1971
- CLAUDE ARTHUR WILLIAMSSpecialist Six · April 21, 1971
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.