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LARRY MICHAEL SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1946 – August 23, 1968
Service recordLarry Michael Smith, of Glendora, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 55
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Glendora, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 55
- RICHARD ORRIN SOPERWarrant Officer 1 · August 23, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE STABLERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- EDWARD SAMUEL STEWARTStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1968
- JOHN PAUL SUPERCZYNSKI JRCorporal · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID TERRENCE JUDDSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 37
- THOMAS STEVEN GARRETTSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 43
- HENRY HILL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 47W, Line 45
- CHARLIE EDWARD KEMPSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 46
- RAYMOND LOUIS LAGROU JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 47
- ROBERT GAIL MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 48
- JERALD THOMAS MCKENZIESergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 50
- RICHARD LEE ROWLAND JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 53
- JOHN PAUL SUPERCZYNSKI JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 55
From Glendora
- HAROLD LEE TALLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- FREDERICK R WILLARD JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS CUMMINGS JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
- RONALD JAMES LEAKE JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- STEVEN ROBERT ROWLESSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- ANDREW MICHAEL KUEBELLance Corporal · April 11, 1969
- CHARLES LEWIS LIPTAKPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1970
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.