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JOSEPH EARNEST SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 23, 1946 – August 20, 1968
Service recordJoseph Earnest Smith, of Port Chester, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 12
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)
- Born
- November 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Port Chester, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 12
- DONALD EUGENE RUMMELSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JERRY RUSSELL SANSINGSpecialist Five · August 20, 1968
- DONALD RAY SIZEMORESergeant · August 20, 1968
- ALBERT DOUGLAS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
From Port Chester
- TERRENCE JAY CATHERPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS TATE JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK LARKINLance Corporal · March 18, 1968
- MARIAN JAMILSKIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- FRANK ROBERT HOWEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1969
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.