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MARCUS SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 24, 1940 – October 14, 1970
Service recordMarcus Smith, of West Monroe, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 1
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 24, 1940
- Home of record
- West Monroe, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 1
- WILLIAM HAROLD STROUDPrivate First Class · October 14, 1970
- JOHN HENRY THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1970
- CARL JEFFREY WANKAChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 14, 1970
- CECIL ALBERT WELLMANStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1970
From West Monroe
- CARL DANIEL VIOLALance Corporal · May 30, 1966
- BUD AUGUSTINE GUILLORYPrivate · March 8, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM HAMILTON JRPetty Officer Second Class · April 25, 1967
- VOMER OVID WILSON JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY WORLEYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT IRVING BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- BOBBY RAY TALTONSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- CHARLIE EDWARD JENKINSSpecialist Four · July 21, 1968
- JOHN LESLIE BRATTONCorporal · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM BENJAMIN EZELLLance Corporal · November 18, 1968
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.