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HERBERT SMITH JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1935 – July 8, 1965
Service recordHerbert Smith JR, of Boston, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 32
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 1, 1935
- Home of record
- Boston, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 32
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LARRY GENE MOODYFirst Lieutenant · July 8, 1965
- STEFAN ZBIGNIEW STALINSKIPrivate First Class · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · July 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOSEPH BRUNOSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 31
- LARRY GENE MOODYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 32
- ROBERT J VOSSCaptain · Panel 2E, Line 32
From Boston
- WILLIAM MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- LIVINGSTON GLENNStaff Sergeant · December 9, 1967
- MORRIS CALVIN PICKETTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- FLOYD LEE BRADSHAW IIISpecialist Four · June 15, 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.