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JIM L SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1946 – July 8, 1966
Service recordJim L Smith, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 8
- CHARLES CAMILLE ROBERTSLance Corporal · July 8, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD SCHAFERPrivate First Class · July 8, 1966
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE ATKINSONPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE COLBURN HARRIGANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 7
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.