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KENNETH DOUGLAS SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1949 – June 14, 1968
Service recordKenneth Douglas Smith, of College Park, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 21
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
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1949
- Home of record
- College Park, Georgia (Clayton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 21
- DOYLE WAYNE OVERTONPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- HAROLD RAYMOND VOGELCaptain · June 14, 1968
- RONALD VERNON WEARMOUTHSergeant · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT DELUN WOODPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT CLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 16
- JESSE VIRGINIUS HAWK IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 57W, Line 18
- JAMES LYNWOOD HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 18
- STUART OTIS KIEFERSpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 19
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 57W, Line 20
From College Park
- JOHNNY F LONGWarrant Officer 1 · July 19, 1966
- MELVIN LIPSCOMBSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- JERRY GORDON WALLERLance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ROCKE DARRELL RAMSEYLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- ROBERT JERRY PADGETTCorporal · October 7, 1967
- JOHNNY RAY BRYSONSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- MARVIN LACY MAYOCorporal · March 26, 1968
- PHILIP WARREN WEAVERCorporal · August 26, 1968
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · September 19, 1968
- DAN BAKER NORTONPetty Officer First Class · September 28, 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.