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LLOYD STEVEN SMITH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1942 – November 10, 1966
Service recordLloyd Steven Smith, of Portage, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Portage, Wisconsin (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 50
- WILLIAM THOMAS CARTERLieutenant (junior grade) · November 10, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- OTIS E JACKSONSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- LEN MCKINLEY JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH BACZALSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 49
- SYLVAN KEITH BRADLEYCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 49
- ALFRED CARMICHAEL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 49
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 50
From Portage
- DAVID JOHN WILCOXLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN NICHOLSSpecialist Five · June 26, 1969
- ALLEN FREDERICK GROTZKESpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
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.