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JOHN CHARLES SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1948 – May 17, 1968
Service recordJohn Charles Smith, of Moline, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 12
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- May 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 12
- WILBUR ARNOLD SKAARMajor · May 17, 1968
- QUENTON EDWARD SLOCUM JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1968
- VINCENT JAMES STAMATO JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- GEORGE THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
From Moline
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
- ROLLEEN C SORIMPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEROY FLOYD SCHYSKAPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 1968
- BARRY SCOTT WELLSSpecialist Four · September 4, 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.