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JIMMY DON SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1949 – July 26, 1970
Service recordJimmy Don Smith, of Mountainburg, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 56
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Mountainburg, Arkansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 56
- RICHARD W PENNINGTONLieutenant Colonel · July 26, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE RASEYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
- MARTIN LEROY RODGERSSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
- RONALD JOSEPH SCHAAFSergeant · July 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MURVYN EUGENE HARGRAVESSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 53
From Mountainburg
- JIMMY CARTWRIGHTCaptain · June 23, 1964
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.