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JAMES ALLEN SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 11, 1944 – May 23, 1968
Service recordJames Allen Smith, of Portland, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 2
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
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Portland, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 2
- IVAN KIMOKEO PASCALPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- BENJAMIN HERSCHELL REIDCorporal · May 23, 1968
- JOSEPH DELMAR RUTTER JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD IVORY CULLENSergeant · Panel 66E, Line 7
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 11
- DANIEL FRANCIS THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 67E, Line 3
From Portland
- LESTER EARL MACDONALDSergeant · June 8, 1966
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM SHAY JRLance Corporal · June 15, 1966
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · August 2, 1966
- ROBERT GREGORY WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PAUL LEWIS STIMPSONFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN TURNERPetty Officer Second Class · May 18, 1967
- HAROLD ELLSWORTH SOUTHARDPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH DARCYChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
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.