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GEORGE JOHN SMITH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 31, 1949 – September 26, 1968
Service recordGeorge John Smith JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 23
- CHARLES RODNEY SLUSSERFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- JOHN CLIFFORD SMITH IIISpecialist Five · September 26, 1968
- JOHN WELFRED STAHLLance Corporal · September 26, 1968
- JOHN WAYNE STATESStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD RAY WALLSStaff Sergeant · Panel 42W, Line 24
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.