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JAMES DOUGLAS SMITH
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 7, 1944 – July 23, 1968
Service recordJames Douglas Smith, of San Jose, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 44
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1944
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 44
- JOSE ALBERTO ORTIZ-BURGOSCorporal · July 23, 1968
- CHARLES SULLIVAN ROYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM SEIDELSpecialist Five · July 23, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH SHAREK JRLance Corporal · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 38
- DANNY EUGENE DEESESpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 38
- THOMAS WADE DUERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 40
- FRANCIS DAVID LEO JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 41
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 42
- JAMES STEPHEN MITCHELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 42
- DONALD WILLIAM SEIDELSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 44
- ROY NICHOLAS UEBLER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 46
- BRUCE R WENBANSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 46
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 46
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.