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JOSEPH SMARSH II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 15, 1948 – May 31, 1968
Service recordJoseph Smarsh II, of Orchard Lake, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Orchard Lake, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 17
- PAUL FRANK SANCHEZCorporal · May 31, 1968
- JOHNNIE ARNOLD SHEPPARDCorporal · May 31, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- WILLIE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LEROY DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 7
- O L MIDKIFFFirst Sergeant · Panel 62W, Line 13
- JOSEPH PETER MISIASZEKPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 13
- GLENN NOBUYKI NISHIZAWASpecialist Four · Panel 62W, Line 15
- SAMUEL TONY HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 62W, Line 16
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.