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HENRY BEALL SMITH JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 15, 1947 – August 31, 1968
Service recordHenry Beall Smith JR, of Andalusia, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 17
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Andalusia, Alabama (Covington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 17
- STANLEY LAWTON SIETINGSergeant · August 31, 1968
- STEPHEN RENIER TUBREFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILKESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- KEITH LESLIE WILSONSergeant · August 31, 1968
From Andalusia
- TRAVIS ROBERT SUTTONSpecialist Four · December 24, 1967
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE JOHNSCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DEWEY RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · February 16, 1969
- JAMES KENNETH SUTTONSergeant First Class · February 25, 1969
- MICHAEL DAVID GUNNELSAirman First Class · September 26, 1969
- CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELDSergeant First Class · May 23, 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.