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MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1946 – January 11, 1966
Service recordMarvin Bonney Smith JR, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4E, Line 65
- WILLIAM E JORDAN IIISergeant · January 11, 1966
- NOBLE DOUGLAS MCGEHEEStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RAYNALD JIMEEZ AMADORCorporal · Panel 4E, Line 63
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 63
- JOSE GOTERA BIRCOStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 63
- ARTHUR CAVANAGHSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 64
- GERALD LEE DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 64
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 64
- WILLIAM E JORDAN IIISergeant · Panel 4E, Line 65
- NOBLE DOUGLAS MCGEHEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 65
- WILLIE JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 65
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 1967
- HERMAN C BROEGELER IIILance Corporal · August 1, 1967
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.