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JEFFERY W SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1943 – August 16, 1966
Service recordJeffery W Smith, of Hillsboro, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Hillsboro, Alabama (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 13
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- CHARLIE DELNO HOLLYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1966
- ROBERT ANTHONY SCHMIDSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 13
- CHARLIE DELNO HOLLYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 13
From Hillsboro
- BENJAMIN HARRISSpecialist Four · June 4, 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.