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LARRY EUGENE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1944 – June 9, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene Smith, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 15
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 65 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 15
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- DAVID LOREN STOEHRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- ARTHUR CLARENCE TOWNSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 6
- PATRICK BRIAN COPPOSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 7
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DRAPERStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 7
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 12
- RAMON OQUENDO-GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 12
- CHARLES WELDON HAMMONDSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 13
From Lincoln
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
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.