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JOSIAH SMITH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – March 5, 1968
Service recordJosiah Smith JR, of Whiteville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Quality Control Supervisor (67W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Whiteville, North Carolina (Columbus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43E, Line 11
- ARCHIE D SMITHSergeant · March 5, 1968
- JOSEPH BERNARD SMITH JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- VERNON RUBEN TWEEDYChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NELSON JOSEPH BOURDAGEMaster Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 6
- JULIUS JAKE HOWARD JRPrivate · Panel 43E, Line 7
- LUCIOUS HUTCHINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 7
- RICHARD SMITH LOWESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 43E, Line 9
From Whiteville
- JACK WALTERS JRLieutenant Commander · May 19, 1967
- EDWARD BARDENCorporal · July 25, 1967
- EUGENE FIPPSStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1967
- EDDIE LEE LOCKLEARPrivate First Class · June 22, 1969
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.