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JAMES PRATT SMITH
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1947 – April 7, 1968
Service recordJames Pratt Smith, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 48
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 48
- JOHN MARSHALL SNYDER JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 1968
- JEFFRY RAY THARALDSONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- GEORGE MARTIN WEITZELPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.