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MARSHALL ROY SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1948 – November 26, 1968
Service recordMarshall Roy Smith, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 69
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Engineer (61C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 69
- GEORGE ARTHUR SHAVIESSpecialist Four · November 26, 1968
- PATRICK EDWARD SMITH JRSergeant · November 26, 1968
- DAVID JOE STANSBURYLance Corporal · November 26, 1968
- RODGER ALAN BLATNICKLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES JOSEPH BUONAIUTOSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 64
- MIGUEL F MONTANEZSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 68
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.