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JAMES DAVID SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 8, 1946 – September 22, 1966
Service recordJames David Smith, of Elyria, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 133
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Elyria, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 133
- BILLY BROWN KINGSergeant · September 22, 1966
- LARRY LEE LAKEYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- NORMAN JOSEPH NAPIERATALance Corporal · September 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD PAUL BARTLESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 131
- HUGH CONRAD CLAUSENSpecialist Five · Panel 10E, Line 131
- JOSEPH NICHOLAS DAVIPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 131
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 132
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 1
- GEORGE WYCINSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 1
From Elyria
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL DRENNEN MILBURNLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- TROY TONY THREETPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- DONNIE STANLEY KEGGPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- NORMAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
- JOSEPH GEORGE AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1968
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.