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KENNETH WILLIAM SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 5, 1948 – May 27, 1969
Service recordKenneth William Smith, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 4
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 4
- DONALD YOUNG SCARBERRYSpecialist Four · May 27, 1969
- DAVID LEE TESSMERCorporal · May 27, 1969
- CLAUDE RICHARD VANANDELSergeant · May 27, 1969
- HAROLD JAMES WARMSLEYSpecialist Four · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALPHONZO LINWOODEL CHAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 115
- JAMES WOODFORD CLARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 115
- HENRY RICHARD HAUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 1
- ROBERT ARDELL PITTSPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 2
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.