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LARRY EUGENE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 26, 1948 – April 26, 1969
Service recordLarry Eugene Smith, of Washington, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 57
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, Iowa (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 57
- DAVID SCOLNICKPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- CHARLES ROBERT SINKPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- MARCUS WILLIAM STODDARDPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- ROBERT LEE TRISDALESergeant First Class · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM CHANDLERCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 54
- ROBERT JOSEPH GOEDDEPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 54
- JAMES EDWARD JOHNSON JRPrivate · Panel 26W, Line 54
- LARRY DOUGLAS PARRPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 55
- CHARLES ROBERT SINKPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 57
- JAMES DAMION VALOVSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 59
From Washington
- WILLARD JOHN FRIESEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE HARVEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 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.