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LARRY EARL SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 22, 1945 – February 2, 1967
Service recordLarry Earl Smith, of Forestville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 109
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Powerman (52A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Forestville, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 109
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- JOHN EARL MYERSSpecialist Four · February 2, 1967
- MARION GILMER RUNIONCaptain · February 2, 1967
- LARRY ELDON SMITHPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT VOLNIE BAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 107
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.