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KENT ANDREW SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1944 – July 20, 1966
Service recordKent Andrew Smith, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 50
- DANNY LEWIS RUTHERFORDCorporal · July 20, 1966
- CHARLES WENDLE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- DONALD COLES WOODRUFFCaptain · July 20, 1966
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.