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HAROLD JOHN SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1947 – March 2, 1969
Service recordHarold John Smith, of Stillwater, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Stillwater, Minnesota (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 16
- FRANK MESZAR IIICaptain · March 2, 1969
- GORDON LEROY SARGENT JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- KENNETH LEROY STRITTMATERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
- JAMES RANDEL TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH LENORD BIDDLESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 10
- PETER ALFRED DUPERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 11
- ANTONIO MENDEZ GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 12
- MICHAEL DALE HYATTSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 12
- ROBERT LOUIS HARTERSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 13
- GEORGE HENRY RIPLIEStaff Sergeant · Panel 30W, Line 15
- THOMAS DONALD THOMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 15
From Stillwater
- BRIAN CHARLES BROWNCorporal · February 19, 1967
- LLOYD MARTIN KUEHNSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH KOLLERSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- JEREMIAH D MCGARRYWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1967
- WILLIAM RUSSELL MACKEY JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- GARY DAVID GRABERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- JAMES RUSSELL HICKSStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1971
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.