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HUGH EDWIN SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1943 – August 16, 1967
Service recordHugh Edwin Smith, of West Point, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1943
- Home of record
- West Point, Mississippi (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 3
- LARRY J PETERSCaptain · August 16, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND SPOHNLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- LAMAR HAYES TEMPLECorporal · August 16, 1967
- DAVID VAUTOURLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
From West Point
- GEORGE RANDLE JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- IVY LOUIS BLAIRSergeant · May 12, 1968
- OLLIE JAMES DANIELPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- DONALD WAYNE PARMLEYHospitalman · August 25, 1969
- CORNELIUS TERRYCorporal · February 27, 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.