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LYNN HUDSON SMITH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1942 – February 1, 1968
Service recordLynn Hudson Smith, of Cudahy, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Cudahy, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 61
- DIEROTHER BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- GLENN DEAN TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- RALPH LAYTON THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT L CONLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 47
- DAVIS JAMES BOARDMANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 48
- WILLIAM KEITH MARCINPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 55
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 56
- ALFREDO MEDINA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 56
- HARRY VAN ARNAM MOSHERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 57
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · Panel 36E, Line 59
- DORTY HINCHMAN SCOTT JRSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 60
- JOHN FRANCIS SEVICKSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 60
- GLENN DEAN TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 61
From Cudahy
- RICHARD ELMER JAECKFirst Lieutenant · March 14, 1964
- KURT FRANCIS PONATHPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- JAMES ROY RICEPrivate First Class · August 12, 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.