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LARRY ALAN SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – April 16, 1969
Service recordLarry Alan Smith, of Ft Atkinson, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 95
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Atkinson, Wisconsin (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 95
- JOHNNIE WAYNE JOHNSENLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
- ANTHONY EDWARD KUPKASecond Lieutenant · April 16, 1969
- JOHN EDWIN LEWISMaster Sergeant · April 16, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD LEXLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE EUGENE BYRNEPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 93
From Ft Atkinson
- GEORGE FREDERICK DAILEYCaptain · May 12, 1966
- TERRENCE DANIEL BECKLance Corporal · December 20, 1967
- GARY WENDELL SMITHPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- ANDREW GREGORY KIRCHMAYERCaptain · November 18, 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.