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JEFFERY NOLAN SMITH
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
March 3, 1949 – December 9, 1969
Service recordJeffery Nolan Smith, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 9, 1969, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- March 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 44
- EUGENE PAUL SHUMBRISCaptain · December 9, 1969
- THOMAS EARL SUMLINPrivate First Class · December 9, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SWEDENBURGSpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- CHARLES STANLEY TARBERTCorporal · December 9, 1969
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 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.