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KENNETH WAYNE SMARR
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 6, 1949 – December 10, 1969
Service recordKenneth Wayne Smarr, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 45
- ROBERT ROGER ALLMERSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1969
- CHAD LEONARD CARSONSergeant · December 10, 1969
- JAMES FITZROY GHEECorporal · December 10, 1969
- RONALD FLOYD KEENERSpecialist Five · December 10, 1969
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.