The Wall › Panel 11W › Ohio › James Delvin Smith
JAMES DELVIN SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – May 5, 1970
Service recordJames Delvin Smith, of Circleville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 106
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Fire Control Repairman (35J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Circleville, Ohio (Pickaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 106
- WILLIAM HOWARD SHALLERSergeant · May 5, 1970
- BOYD WAYNE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1970
- DENNIS ALLEN SPRENKLESergeant · May 5, 1970
- DERRICK SUDLERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GARVIN DOUGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 101
- CRAIG JAMES FOXChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 101
- DAVID CRAIG GUNDERSONSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 101
- RICHARD SHELDON MODENSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 103
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCDONALDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 104
- ROBERT IRA RABBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 105
From Circleville
- WILLIAM J BARTHELMAS JRCaptain · July 27, 1965
- LLOYD RAY HUGHEYPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- PAUL JEWELL HILLWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1968
- LESLIE L BRUCKER JRStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- ROY LYNN CARTERCorporal · May 20, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · July 20, 1971
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.