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LAWRENCE CLAUDE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 9, 1952 – November 26, 1971
Service recordLawrence Claude Smith, of Baldwin Park, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 73
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aerial Sensor Specialist (17L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1952
- Home of record
- Baldwin Park, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1971; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 73
- ROBERT DONALD BEUTELCaptain · November 26, 1971
- JAMES HENRY NEWCOMERSergeant · November 26, 1971
- DOUGLAS JACK PIERCEPrivate · November 26, 1971
- JAMES EUGENE STEADMANCaptain · November 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS JACK PIERCEPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 73
- JAMES HALL SPANNCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 74
From Baldwin Park
- DONALD GEORGE GREENCaptain · November 16, 1965
- MAARTEN DEGROOTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- STEVEN WALDRONSeaman Apprentice · February 9, 1967
- JERRY ROBERT MILLERCorporal · April 7, 1967
- LEOPOLDO PEREA SERNASpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- OCIE DANIEL COOLEYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LARRY A DELA ROSA JRCorporal · February 25, 1968
- RICKY FAY ADAMSLance Corporal · March 1, 1968
- ROBERT RANDEL HUFFCorporal · May 29, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAVIDSpecialist Four · June 15, 1968
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.