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JAMES EDWARD SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1949 – February 25, 1969
Service recordJames Edward Smith, of Canton, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- November 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Canton, Mississippi (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 59
- WILLIE FRANKLIN SMITHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SULLIVANPetty Officer Third Class · February 25, 1969
- JAMES KENNETH SUTTONSergeant First Class · February 25, 1969
- JAMES ELROY TITUSSergeant · February 25, 1969
From Canton
- MOZIE LEE COLEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- HULAN DUANE ROLANDLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- DONNIE DWIGHT PRESLEYLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT VERNON PETERSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- RICHARD FLAMOND HARRISPrivate First Class · December 7, 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.