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JAMES EDWARD SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1947 – May 27, 1967
Service recordJames Edward Smith, of Providence, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- June 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 2
- HERBERT A RIPKAWarrant Officer 1 · May 27, 1967
- ARTHUR VERNON VIGILLance Corporal · May 27, 1967
- DONALD LEE WHITEPrivate · May 27, 1967
- LLOYD MARVIN ADKINS JRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
From Providence
- MCGEARY LITTLEJOHNSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- PAUL ROBERT DRUMMONDPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- EDMUND HENRY HORNSTEINMajor · April 12, 1966
- WILBERT ISOM ANDREWSPrivate · May 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH ONEILL JRMaster Sergeant · August 13, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL DAVISCorporal · August 21, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 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.