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LYNN LEROY SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 25, 1944 – April 17, 1966
Service recordLynn Leroy Smith, of Walkerton, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 120
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Walkerton, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 120
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD RUTLEDGEStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LESLIE TROMPLieutenant Commander · April 17, 1966
- ROBERT DWAIN ARNOLDPrivate First Class · April 18, 1966
From Walkerton
- SAMUEL EUGENE HEWITTSergeant · March 23, 1966
- DAVID LEE SKINNERLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- DONALD RAY COLDEBERGSergeant · March 3, 1967
- LOUIS JOSEPH MAHER JRSergeant · March 24, 1968
- DONNIE RAY HARLEYCorporal · May 27, 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.