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HARRY ERNEST SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1947 – April 8, 1968
Service recordHarry Ernest Smith, of Kirkland, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Kirkland, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 55
- RICHARD JOHN SMITHHospitalman · April 8, 1968
- JON FRANCIS VANDUYNStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- BILLY JOE VICKERSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- WILLIAM OSCAR WAGNERSpecialist Four · April 8, 1968
From Kirkland
- CLANCY GEORGE DRAKECaptain · December 9, 1965
- DAVID LE ROY ARENSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- GAIL WARD THOMSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- JAMES DAVID NANSELPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELANDSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ARCHIE HUGH MCDANIEL JRCorporal · July 24, 1969
- JEFFREY LEE HULBERTCorporal · August 21, 1969
- DAVID NELSON HEBERTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · March 5, 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.