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GUS SMITH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1949 – April 25, 1970
Service recordGus Smith JR, of Oso, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 189 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Oso, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 53
- ARMAND ERVIN RISTINENStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1970
- BILLY JOE SEBASTIANCorporal · April 25, 1970
- RONALD HARRISON ALLBRIGHTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1970
- SAMUEL EARL ASHERCaptain · April 26, 1970
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.