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HERSHEL CLIFFORD SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 28, 1949 – November 1, 1969
Service recordHershel Clifford Smith, of Millfield, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 15
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Millfield, Ohio (Athens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 15
- ROGER DALE PARTINGTONCaptain · November 1, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR ROSSSergeant First Class · November 1, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID SIROCCO JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1969
- CHARLES ROY TIPTONSergeant First Class · November 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY DEWEY VOLLRATHCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 16
From Millfield
- MICHAEL GENE MERRIMANLance Corporal · May 18, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · September 19, 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.