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JERROLD PATRICK SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1944 – February 29, 1968
Service recordJerrold Patrick Smith, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1944
- Home of record
- White Bear Lake, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 10
- EDGAR CLAY SPENCESergeant · February 29, 1968
- KENNETH RAY STEPHENSONSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- SAMUEL KAY STEWARTPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- GILBERT THIBEAULTPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARL TIMOTHY JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 6
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 11
From White Bear Lake
- JOHN FRANCIS REILLYLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JEROME F LEVASSEUR JRFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1967
- JERRY NORMAN ELLISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- ALLEN ROBERT MELDAHLPrivate First Class · November 15, 1968
- JAMES FREDERICK UTTERMARKStaff Sergeant · February 23, 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.