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HENRY EDWARD SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1945 – May 9, 1967
Service recordHenry Edward Smith, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- December 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 74
- JAMES MICHAEL QUIGLEYCorporal · May 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN STEVEN RUTBERGPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- FRANK ANTHONY RYBICKI JRFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1967
- BOBBY ALLEN SEMORESpecialist Four · May 9, 1967
From Harrisburg
- DONALD RICHARD TAYLORPrivate First Class · February 9, 1964
- MARLIN E MCCAHANCaptain · June 24, 1964
- SAMUEL LEE MCDONALDPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- J RANDALL GIPELance Corporal · January 6, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ERNST PHILIP KIEFEL JRColonel · February 10, 1966
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · April 24, 1966
- STANLEY LOUIS HORWITZPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- JERRY POTTSCorporal · November 26, 1966
- OWEN FRANCIS NEUMYERSergeant · December 10, 1966
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.