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JAMES EDWARD SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1947 – March 21, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Smith, of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 4
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Crystal Springs, Mississippi (Copiah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 4
- ALBERT EDWARD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- CHRIS ANTHONY SOUZACorporal · March 21, 1969
- DALE LOUIS STOCKSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- CLIFFORD MCARTHUR TAYLORCorporal · March 21, 1969
From Crystal Springs
- TOMMY TRAXLER JRPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- GERMAN LEE NICHOLSONSpecialist Five · March 21, 1967
- WILLIE LEE THIGPENStaff Sergeant · June 17, 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.