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JOHNNY WILLIAM SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1945 – April 16, 1967
Service recordJohnny William Smith, of Monongah, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Monongah, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 36
- BILLY BURKE LOUTPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- DAVID KEITH MONEACHICorporal · April 16, 1967
- RICHARD WEAVER PIATTFirst Lieutenant · April 16, 1967
- KARL EDMOND SHENEPCaptain · April 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN ZION BROCK JRCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 33
- JAMES WALTER GODFREYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18E, Line 34
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 35
- GEORGE ALAN INGALLSSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 35
- KARL EDMOND SHENEPCaptain · Panel 18E, Line 36
From Monongah
- WILLIAM CHARLES JOYLance Corporal · April 25, 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.