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GERALD ALLEN SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1951 – August 29, 1969
Service recordGerald Allen Smith, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 9
- JACK ERVIN SCHOBERCaptain · August 29, 1969
- THOMAS DAVID STONEFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
- GARY WAYNE WITHERSCorporal · August 29, 1969
- JERRY ALLEN ZIMMERCaptain · August 29, 1969
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 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.