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JERRY DEAN SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 29, 1949 – November 16, 1969
Service recordJerry Dean Smith, of Brigham City, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Brigham City, Utah (Box Elder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 86
- ROBERT CLARENCE SKINNERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1969
- JOSEPH G AUTORINO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- MARK WAYNE BURCHARDPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
From Brigham City
- STEVEN LEE BRUDERERSeaman · December 16, 1967
- GREG BLAINE BELEWSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- EUAN JOHN ERNEST PARKERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- TERREL OLIN KIMBERStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1971
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.