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JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1940 – April 17, 1967
Service recordJoseph Raymond Smith, of Hyattsville, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Hyattsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. 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 43
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- RICHARD LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- OTHEL THOMASPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- JAMES RONALD TREMAYNEMajor · April 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE ELLIOT BOWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 39
From Hyattsville
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
- JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- EUGENE EDWARD SWIFTSeaman · March 9, 1968
- RONALD STUART GILLIAMSpecialist Four · June 3, 1968
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.