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JOSEPH PRESTON SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1946 – May 26, 1967
Service recordJoseph Preston Smith, of West Point, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 26, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 125
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 31, 1946
- Home of record
- West Point, Virginia (King William County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1967; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 125
- JACK SMASOPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- GARY MARTIN SMITHPrivate · May 26, 1967
- LADDIE C STIERWALTPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD WILKINSSpecialist Four · May 26, 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.