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HARRY CHARLES SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1945 – December 8, 1965
Service recordHarry Charles Smith, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 2
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- September 14, 1945
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 2
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN RICHTSTEIGMajor · December 8, 1965
- ODIN EDGAR SORENSENChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 8, 1965
- JAMES RAY BAILEYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
- BERNARD JOHN BURNS JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.