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JACK RAE SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1949 – March 31, 1970
Service recordJack Rae Smith, of Clarion, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 31, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Clarion, Iowa (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 63
- DANIEL KAYE KOHLSergeant · March 31, 1970
- RAYMOND C MEEKINSSergeant · March 31, 1970
- KIMBALL HAYES SHELDONSpecialist Four · March 31, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN SHRINERStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EMERY WILLSSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 64
From Clarion
- LOREN FRANCIS STUDERPetty Officer Second Class · May 31, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD POUNDSTONEChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 16, 1969
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.