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GILBERT NOLAN SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 1, 1940 – March 19, 1967
Service recordGilbert Nolan Smith, of Durham, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pipeline Specialist (51F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 68 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Durham, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “68 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 116
- JAMES C TARKENTON IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- FRANK TUNSTILL JRLance Corporal · March 19, 1967
- FRANK VALDEZPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY VASQUEZCorporal · March 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PAUL BARTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16E, Line 109
- JOHN NOBLE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 115
- JOHNNY LEE WASHBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 117
From Durham
- THOMAS LLOYD SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN COOKESpecialist Four · September 23, 1969
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.