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JOHN DAVID SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1941 – August 11, 1966
Service recordJohn David Smith, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 11, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 128
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- DONALD LOYE RICHARDSONCorporal · August 11, 1966
- STEPHEN LEE WEISSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1966
- THEODORE G WHITE JRSergeant · August 11, 1966
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL GOLDSBOROCorporal · February 8, 1967
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.