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JEFFERY RONALD SMALLIDGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – September 15, 1966
Service recordJeffery Ronald Smallidge, of Palmyra, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Palmyra, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 98
- LLEWELLYN ANTONIO SMITHPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- WALTER J SPAINHOUR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 15, 1966
- JOSEPH HARRY SULLIVANStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1966
- JERRY TIMOTHY SUTERPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LLEWELLYN ANTONIO SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 98
From Palmyra
- RICHARD HAROLD MAINPrivate First Class · February 4, 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.