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LARRY MAX SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1943 – March 9, 1969
Service recordLarry Max Smith, of White Sulphur Springs, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 96
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1943
- Home of record
- White Sulphur Springs, Montana (Meagher County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 96
- DONALD LEE SHIRLEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- AARON CHARLES SMITHSergeant · March 9, 1969
- WILLIAM T SPEARMAN IIIPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- JESSE BRENT STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY LANE CRANESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 86
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.