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LESLIE R SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 13, 1945 – June 29, 1966
Service recordLeslie R Smith, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 109
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 109
- TOMMY ROY JONESPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- ALBERT RAYMOND POTTERSergeant · June 29, 1966
- WALDEMAR D SHOWALTERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MOSE SMITH JRPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 106
- JOHN JOSEPH BERTHELPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 107
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 107
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 107
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 108
- FRANK GRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 108
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 108
- TOMMY ROY JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 109
- ALBERT RAYMOND POTTERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 109
- FRANCIS GEORGE STEVENSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 110
- PAUL JOSEPH SURETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 110
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.