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LARRY HAYS SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 1, 1944 – June 29, 1968
Service recordLarry Hays Smith, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 20
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 54W, Line 20
- CLARENCE ROBERT ROOTLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS SHIELDSPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE SWABCorporal · June 29, 1968
- LARRY LEE THORNTONLance Corporal · June 29, 1968
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.