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LARRY JAMES SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – September 27, 1968
Service recordLarry James Smith, of Pickford, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 32
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Pickford, Michigan (Chippewa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 32
- JOHN LAFAYETTE JOHNSONSergeant · September 24, 1968
- DAVID HUNTER PITTARDMajor · September 27, 1968
- ISHAM IKE QUICKSergeant First Class · September 27, 1968
- PHILIP DALLAM REEDERPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN RICKERTCorporal · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WALLACE CRAMERSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 27
- LEROY ALAN KINGSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 30
- JAMES ALBERT MORRIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42W, Line 31
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.