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JOHN MICHAEL SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 3, 1950 – November 27, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Smith, of Walla Walla, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 128
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- June 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Walla Walla, Washington (Walla Walla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 128
- LARRY ALLEN BROWNSergeant · November 27, 1969
- JOHNNY CARL JONESSpecialist Four · November 27, 1969
- WYLIE CLARENCE KINGCorporal · November 27, 1969
- KENNETH JAMES SMOLAREKSpecialist Four · November 27, 1969
From Walla Walla
- LOWELL EUGENE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- ROBERT GERALD NALLYHospitalman · March 17, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE HARTSpecialist Four · July 31, 1967
- JAMES A NEISESSCaptain · October 2, 1967
- DAVID LE ROY MCRAEStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JAMES BRUCE COLLINSCorporal · September 25, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · December 28, 1968
- LARRY JAMES HANLEYMajor · November 4, 1969
- RONALD JOE FULTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 31, 1970
- WILLIAM MORRIS WALMSLEYPrivate First Class · April 4, 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.