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JOHN RUSSELL SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1947 – October 5, 1966
Service recordJohn Russell Smith, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 50
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)
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1966; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 50
- DAVID LEE OWENSLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1966
- WALTER FRANKLIN PAYNEStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1966
- RODNEY GARDNER THORNTONSergeant · October 5, 1966
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK KELLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 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.