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GEORGE EUGENE SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – July 11, 1967
Service recordGeorge Eugene Smith, of Pine Valley, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 53
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Pine Valley, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 53
- CLARENCE ERNEST LOSSINGSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JORGE JOSEPH MALDONADOPrivate · July 11, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES NICKLOWSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARION TROY EAKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 50
- PHILIP ANTHONY FERROSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 51
- ELMER FREDERICK KENNEYSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 52
- HAROLD WAYNE KINGCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 52
- CLARENCE ERNEST LOSSINGSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 53
- CLEVELAND PATTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 54
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.