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JERRY WALTON SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – February 22, 1968
Service recordJerry Walton Smith, of Orange, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Orange, Texas (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 69
- HECTOR LUIS SEMIDEYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CARY CARSON SMITHFirst Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- BRUCE ALAN SWAIMPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- LEE G TOLLEYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL LEE ANDERTONSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 57
- CHARLES WILLIAM CLINESpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 59
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 59
- JAMES STEPHEN COMBSSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 60
- JON ALBERT JULIASergeant · Panel 40E, Line 64
- JAMES ANTHONY KOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 64
- ROLAND PHILLIP LEVESQUESergeant · Panel 40E, Line 65
- HERMAN MCGEEPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 66
- JOE MELVIN NEILLPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 66
- CORNELIUS PRESSLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 67
- FRED REAVES JRSergeant · Panel 40E, Line 67
- GEORGE JOSEPH SCHULTZSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 68
- EDWARD ZAMORASpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 71
From Orange
- FRANKLIN DELANO R GILBERTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- NORMAN LEE DUPREMajor · September 26, 1966
- ALFRED KINDELL EVANSSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · July 29, 1967
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · May 2, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE MUSICKLance Corporal · August 16, 1968
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · August 23, 1968
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- PETER GARLAND THOMPSONSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- ANTHONY CLARK ARMBRUSTERSergeant · January 9, 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.