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JIMMY HERMAN SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 23, 1947 – June 10, 1968
Service recordJimmy Herman Smith, of Ft Pierce, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 20
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Pierce, Florida (St Lucie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 20
- TODD DUANE KELSOSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- LARRY T MILLERPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- DAVID ZOHLEEH NARAMORE JRSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- LAWRENCE OLIVER ROSEPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
From Ft Pierce
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH BRADSHAW BAGGETTMajor · December 16, 1965
- CLAUDDELL GANDYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ARTHUR WILLIE GREENEPrivate · January 20, 1967
- CARL ROGERS STOVALLPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- HERSHEL HILLARY ROHN JRMajor · August 6, 1967
- VANESTER LAMAR HESTERSpecialist Five · November 13, 1967
- ROBERT LEE CULBERTH JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE SHIVERPrivate · January 10, 1968
- GLOUSTER RHYNESPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
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.