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LARRY ELDON SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 19, 1947 – February 2, 1967
Service recordLarry Eldon Smith, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. 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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 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 EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.