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LOUGHTON SMITH
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1930 – July 20, 1967
Service recordLoughton Smith, of Talladega, Alabama, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 22, 1930
- Home of record
- Talladega, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 95
- RONALD KENNETH SCHUMACHERSergeant · July 20, 1967
- BOBBY HORACE SORRELLSStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- RALPH MCGUIN STACEY JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1967
- ALLAN JULIUS STEARNSMajor · July 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY FRANK WALLACECaptain · Panel 23E, Line 96
From Talladega
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- EARNEST PAUL HOLMES JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- JIMMY GRANT FREEMANSergeant First Class · March 24, 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.