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GILBERT SMITH JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1942 – August 24, 1965
Service recordGilbert Smith JR, of Lake City, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Lake City, Florida (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 66
- DARRYL MESSERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- JUSTIN RICE WHITING IVPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- J C CLARK JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH VOTAVA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
From Lake City
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · July 19, 1966
- JULIUS FRAZIER JONESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1966
- RAY FRANCIS WILLIAMSSecond Lieutenant · December 27, 1966
- EUGENE MCCRAYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- EUGENE LARRY FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM PATECorporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD WASHINGTON PHARISStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- JAMES HERBERT REHBERGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- MELVIN LAMAR MIZESpecialist Five · June 18, 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.