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GEORGE ARTHUR SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1945 – May 2, 1968
Service recordGeorge Arthur Smith, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 17
- THOMAS HARVEY SCHOFIELDPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- LARRY CHARLES SCHWEBKESpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- EDWARD SPENCER SMITHPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE SMITHCorporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES SHERWOOD ALLPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 44
- ERROL MICHAEL BARRIMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 1
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.