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LLOYD HENRY SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1947 – September 17, 1968
Service recordLloyd Henry Smith, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Helper (94A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 23
- FRANK ALBERT SKOCICHPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- WARREN ALLEN SMITHPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- DARNELL JOSEPH SONGNEHospitalman · September 17, 1968
- BILLIE GRANVILLE STRICKLANDSergeant · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM TERRY PRATTSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 20
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.