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JAMES RICHARD SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1946 – September 16, 1967
Service recordJames Richard Smith, of Rifle, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 80
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Rifle, Colorado (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 80
- JAMES RICHARD MERTELL JRSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
- HARLAN CARL RILKCorporal · September 16, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
- JAMES DAVID WISECorporal · September 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MARTIN COLITO JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 78
- ERNEST NICK KROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 79
- DONNIE RAY LUSKCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 79
- JAMES DAVID WISECorporal · Panel 26E, Line 80
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY WOODSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 81
From Rifle
- THOMAS LYNN GRIFFEESpecialist Four · October 22, 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.