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LARRY WAYNE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1947 – May 15, 1969
Service recordLarry Wayne Smith, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 21
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 21
- HARRY DANIEL SARAKOVPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- BRUCE SAUNDERSSecond Lieutenant · May 15, 1969
- JOHN LAVERN SCHULTZPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- WILLIAM HARRY SHULTZLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.