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JIMMIE TAVY SMILEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1930 – March 18, 1966
Service recordJimmie Tavy Smiley, of Ludowici, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1930
- Home of record
- Ludowici, Georgia (Long County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 21
- JOE DUSTIN KELLYSergeant · March 18, 1966
- RAYMOND CHARLES MARTINSergeant · March 18, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
- ENRICO HENRY PAGNANO JRSergeant · March 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THERON SPENCER DEMPSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 20
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 20
From Ludowici
- MILLARD LEON TREADWELL JRMajor · June 3, 1967
- THOMAS GALE GAINESLance Corporal · February 11, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SAPPSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- THOMAS CLINTON SMITH JRCorporal · April 8, 1970
- JOHN DARVIN BELLStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1970
- HARRY LAWRENCE MCLAMBMajor · June 18, 1970
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.