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HENRY FLOYD SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 1, 1944 – August 23, 1968
Service recordHenry Floyd Smith, of Powder Springs, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 54
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Powder Springs, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 54
- ROBERT WAYNE SALTERSergeant · August 23, 1968
- DANIEL GEORGE SCHWANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- GILBERT ARTHUR SECORMaster Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- FRANCIS LESLIE SETTERQUISTCaptain · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNIE GOODENSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 43
From Powder Springs
- JOHN LAWRENCE GAMBRELLPrivate First Class · February 20, 1967
- ROGER HULSEYCorporal · August 10, 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.