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JOSEPH RONALD SMOYER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 9, 1943 – April 24, 1970
Service recordJoseph Ronald Smoyer, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 47
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Pottstown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 47
- WILLIAM P MCCONNAGHYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1970
- JOHN L PENASergeant · April 24, 1970
- ALBERT CHARLES POWELLPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- GOMER DAVID REESE IIICaptain · April 24, 1970
From Pottstown
- RONALD J SEASHOLTZSergeant · April 11, 1966
- ROY ROBERT LAPISHSergeant First Class · March 4, 1967
- STANLEY DAVIDHEISER JRLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LARRY WADEFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1967
- DENNIS J MILLERSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SOVIZALSecond Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- LEE SCOTT ADAMSSecond Lieutenant · April 6, 1968
- DOUGLAS WILLARD GUEST JRSpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
- CARL GARY BECKPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · March 1, 1971
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.