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LARRY DEAN SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 27, 1947 – September 17, 1968
Service recordLarry Dean Smith, of Jefferson City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 22
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Jefferson City, Missouri (Callaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 39 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 22
- GEORGE SANDOVALLance Corporal · September 17, 1968
- GEORGE DAVID SHANNONCorporal · September 17, 1968
- ALBERT WILSON SIRMANS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN YARBROUGHCorporal · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD JAMES COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 13
- RANDALL LEE FARLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 14
- WARREN ALLEN SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 23
From Jefferson City
- DALE LEE CLARKLance Corporal · August 19, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- CLARENCE JOSEPH HEMMELCaptain · October 21, 1967
- EUGENE PHILLIP MCKINNEYCaptain · March 24, 1968
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD FORCKPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
- RONALD WINSTON THOMPKINSFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN DAVENPORTCaptain · March 28, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN HARRISCorporal · April 5, 1969
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · April 26, 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.