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JACKIE LEE SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 20, 1942 – July 15, 1969
Service recordJackie Lee Smith, of Barstow, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Barstow, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 3
- WILLIAM EARL SUTTLEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- LUIS TORRES-SERRANOSergeant · July 15, 1969
- NICHOLAS LOUIS VENDITTIWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1969
- GEORGE JOHN VIEHMANN JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL EDWARD GODBEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 125
- JOHN CURRIE HANSENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 125
- TEDDY EUGENE MIDDLETONCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 1
From Barstow
- CLARENCE GRIEGOPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT KAY WAGNERPetty Officer First Class · August 15, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE NELSON JRPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- EUGENE F CHRISTIANSENSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH CANAVAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- PHILLIP DUANE BURFOOTSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- SALVADOR LEAL JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 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.