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LONNIE LEO SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 10, 1938 – May 20, 1967
Service recordLonnie Leo Smith, of Terrell, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Terrell, Texas (Kaufman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 68
- CARL DELANE NAGENGASTSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- LUIS ERNESTO SEGARRA JRLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- RONALD LEE SHARARPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HOMER LEROY SMITHCaptain · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DAVID ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 52
- JOHN ATKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 53
- LESLIE ALLEN BELLRICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 54
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · Panel 20E, Line 54
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 55
- FREDERICK ANDREW BUZAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 56
- MARIO ONTIVERO DELEONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 56
- VERNON LEROY LEINOPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 62
- FRANKIE ZOLY MOLNARStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 64
- RONALD JAMES MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 64
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 67
- ALLEN TEBBS ROGERS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 67
- ELISEO ESPINOZA TARINPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 69
- LEON ARTHUR WANGERINSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 69
- EUGENE AMBROSE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 70
From Terrell
- LARRY GLEN THRASHERLance Corporal · September 14, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE HOUSTONSergeant · January 23, 1967
- JOE L LYONSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- CHARLES EDWIN BENNETTSergeant · February 7, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY CRAVENPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- ALBERT DWAYNE WESTERMajor · October 5, 1968
- HARRY H HERNDONSergeant · October 18, 1968
- MERRELL EUGENE BRUMLEY JRLance Corporal · January 25, 1971
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.