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JAMES BUFORD SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 19, 1942 – June 19, 1967
Service recordJames Buford Smith, of Phil Campbell, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 20
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Phil Campbell, Alabama (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; 42 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 20
- LLOYD ANDREW SELLERS IIISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM PAUL SHAFFERPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES SIPPELPetty Officer Third Class · June 19, 1967
- KAZIMIERZ HENRYK SLOMIANYSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 9
- ROBERT CHARLES AGUADOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 9
- FRED GORDON BERTOLINOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 9
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 9
- ROBERT JOSEPH CARASpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 10
- JACK EDWARD COSSINSSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 10
- ROBERT EARL CRAYTHORNESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 10
- ALLEN NORBERT ENGELPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 11
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 11
- HUBERT JOSEPH FINKSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- KENNETH DEAN FRAKESSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- WILLIAM MICHAEL GEIERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- PAUL EUGENE GOODPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 12
- THOMAS LESLIE GORDONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- MONTE RAY HARPERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- CHARLES JOHN HILDENBRANDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 13
- JOHN ROBERT HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- ROBERT JAMES JINDRASpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 14
- JOHN PATRICK LEESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 15
- RICHARD COLEN LUNDYCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 15
- JOSEPH THOMAS MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 15
- GEORGE DANIEL MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 15
From Phil Campbell
- MELVIN ONEAL WELBORNAirman First Class · November 7, 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.