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LUKE ANDREW SMITH JR
Private · U.S. Army
July 19, 1948 – May 26, 1968
Service recordLuke Andrew Smith JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 1
- DAVID WILLIAM SMITHSergeant · May 26, 1968
- RONALD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- DENNIS MILTON SOLLENBERGERFireman · May 26, 1968
- REID TYRONE STYERSSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.