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GEORGE W SMITH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1947 – August 24, 1968
Service recordGeorge W Smith JR, of Terry, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 9
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Terry, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 9
- CARMELO SOSA-HIRALDOPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL SPINLERSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD TOLPACorporal · August 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN DAVID ROBINSONCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 1
- GARY BREWSTER KILGORESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 4
- LUPE P OCHOASpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 6
- CARMELO SOSA-HIRALDOPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 9
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46W, Line 9
- THOMAS HENRY WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 10
From Terry
- JOSEPH DEWEY CRAIN JRSergeant · February 12, 1967
- ROBERT GLYNN QUICKSpecialist Four · April 2, 1968
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.