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GEOFFREY STEPHEN SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1948 – July 20, 1969
Service recordGeoffrey Stephen Smith, of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 27
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
- August 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Cedar Grove, New Jersey (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 27
- STANLEY KUTZ SMILEYLieutenant · July 20, 1969
- LEE TRYON JRCorporal · July 20, 1969
- JOHN ERNEST ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1969
- NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIECorporal · July 21, 1969
From Cedar Grove
- STEPHEN ELY FEISTNERSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- RICHARD GEORGE FERRUGGIASpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
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.