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JOHN MARSHALL SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1948 – February 4, 1970
Service recordJohn Marshall Smith, of Albany, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 102
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Albany, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 102
- DANNY RAY ROBERTSSpecialist Four · February 4, 1970
- GERALD DOUGLAS TOMLINSONCorporal · February 4, 1970
- ROBERT LYNN UFFORDStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1970
- LUIS ANGEL ALANIZPrivate First Class · February 5, 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.