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JOSEPH FREDERICK SMITH JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 5, 1948 – June 18, 1969
Service recordJoseph Frederick Smith JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 82
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 82
- PAUL ALLEN REZENDESPetty Officer Third Class · June 18, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- EDWIN FRANCIS TURK JRSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY JERRY CURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 74
- HARRY G DIEHLPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 75
- JAMES RICHARD DOLVINSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 75
- CHARLES WILLIAM EMMERTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 75
- ROBERT LEE GRAHAMSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 76
- JAMES DALE HENNESSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 77
- MICHAEL LEONARD HODGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 78
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 78
- AURELE LIONEL LUCIEN MARCSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 79
- MELVIN LAMAR MIZESpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 80
- PAUL REYES NARVAEZSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 81
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.