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JAMES WALTER SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1945 – May 5, 1967
Service recordJames Walter Smith, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ammunition Helper (55A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 60 ORD CO 3 ORD BN 53 GS GRP 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- December 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 46
- JOE HENRY SAMANIEGOStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- ARISTON R TALAN JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH THOMASSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
From Coatesville
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- DONALD RUSSELL BURTONSergeant · April 2, 1966
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD LEROY FOLKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON JRSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN MARKEL JRLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- HARLEY ALBERT SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
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.