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KENNETH RAYMOND SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 29, 1950 – March 24, 1970
Service recordKenneth Raymond Smith, of Shelbyville, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Missouri (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 40
- MICHAEL DAVIS ODONNELLMajor · March 24, 1970
- JERRY LYNN POOLCaptain · March 24, 1970
- ARCHIE LEON WHALERPrivate · March 24, 1970
- RONALD LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 24, 1970
From Shelbyville
- CAROLD REX WAITESecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1967
- LESTER LEON RIDINGSSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
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.