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JOSEPH JOHN SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 8, 1946 – June 1, 1970
Service recordJoseph John Smith, of Tuxedo, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Tuxedo, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 132
- RICKY EDWARD PERSELYPrivate First Class · June 1, 1970
- EDWARD VANEVERY JRSpecialist Five · June 1, 1970
- AULDON KEITH WHITESpecialist Four · June 1, 1970
- GLENN LEE WILLISLance Corporal · June 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HOMER BRADYCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 129
- KEITH ARTHUR HELDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 130
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.