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JOHN ALEXANDER SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 10, 1950 – January 29, 1970
Service recordJohn Alexander Smith, of Cass Lake, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 81
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Cass Lake, Minnesota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 81
- KENNETH ALAN STEWARTLance Corporal · January 17, 1970
- GARY ALLEN CHESHIREPrivate First Class · January 30, 1970
- CALVIN LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 30, 1970
- BOBBY EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · January 30, 1970
- LUIS ANGEL LEBRONCorporal · January 30, 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.