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LARRY ELLSWORTH SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1940 – February 28, 1971
Service recordLarry Ellsworth Smith, of Garden City, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1971, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 11
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineering Supervisor (51H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Garden City, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 11
- CHARLES RUPERT TRICKERCorporal · February 27, 1971
- GERALD LEE EVANSSergeant · February 28, 1971
- RANDOLPH GUY HART JRSergeant · February 28, 1971
- JOHN WALTER KUPKOWSKISergeant · February 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GERALD LEE EVANSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 11
- ALBION JOE BERGANTZELCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 12
From Garden City
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- PETER THOMAS FITZPATRICKLance Corporal · February 20, 1966
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- RODNEY BARRETTE CLINEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- RODNEY ROYCE BERNARDLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS KAYSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
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.