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JOHNNIE SMITH JR
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
April 18, 1947 – April 27, 1966
Service recordJohnnie Smith JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 27, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 4
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 4
- RAMON AL PELLOT-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH IIPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- WALTER JOHN TYPE JRPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- HERMAN BROWN JRCorporal · April 28, 1966
- JOHN A BULPITTPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.