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JIMMY LEE SMITH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 30, 1948 – September 28, 1969
Service recordJimmy Lee Smith, of Wasco, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Wasco, Illinois
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Added to the Wall
- 2016
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 92
- PETER VINCENT MESTASSpecialist Four · October 19, 1969
- ALVIN RAMSEY STOVALL JRSpecialist Five · October 19, 1969
- ROBERT LEE THANELance Corporal · October 19, 1969
- EDDIE LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1969
- JAMES CLARK WOODSMajor · October 19, 1969
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2016, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.