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JACK MILTON SMITH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1946 – November 12, 1967
Service recordJack Milton Smith, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 86
- CHARLES A SPRINGERCaptain · November 12, 1967
- LEONARD ALAN THOMASPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN WARRENLance Corporal · November 12, 1967
- GOLER JUNIOR WILLIAMSSergeant · November 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FORREST ADRIAN MCKINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 84
From Bartlesville
- JAMES EDWIN BAILEYStaff Sergeant · September 4, 1964
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- JAY ANDERSON MITCHELLCaptain · May 12, 1967
- WILLIAM CALVIN DIEHL JRLieutenant Colonel · November 7, 1967
- RICHARD HOWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- BRUCE ANTHONY LYNCHLance Corporal · November 25, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES OSBORNSergeant · December 23, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE WARNICKSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
- JOHN DELBERT STARRETTSergeant · October 4, 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.