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JACK HOWARD SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – March 13, 1967
Service recordJack Howard Smith, of Salisbury, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 71
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Salisbury, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 71
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- FILIBERTO GUILLER MIRANDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- JAMES PAUL PERRONE JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT LESTER VANGIESONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
From Salisbury
- BARRIE VANE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CHARLES WALTER PARSONSStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · September 19, 1967
- JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- ERNEST ARTHUR OLDSColonel · March 11, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- CECIL VAUGHN EVANSStaff Sergeant · September 7, 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.