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LEO BRIAN SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 14, 1947 – March 23, 1969
Service recordLeo Brian Smith, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 21
- JERRY LEE PETERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ANDREW LEE PRESLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- LEON SEARSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROY LEE HOWARDCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 19
- JOHN LEE MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 19
- JOHN ROBERT YARGERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 23
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.