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KYLE SMIDDY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 12, 1942 – June 26, 1967
Service recordKyle Smiddy, of Lebanon, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D BTRY 71 ARTY II FF
- Born
- April 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 67
- AARON BERNARD SPALDINGLance Corporal · June 26, 1967
- DALE CHARLES ALLENSecond Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- LAWRENCE EDWARD BACHSpecialist Four · June 27, 1967
- JAMES AUBREY BLAKLEYLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
From Lebanon
- DAVID LYNN MCCONNAUGHEYPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- RONALD PERRY COATESLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- JERRY DAY LEAKPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MULLINSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH CHILTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · January 27, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
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.