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MATTHEW EDWARD SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1950 – April 11, 1969
Service recordMatthew Edward Smith, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 28, 1950
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 59
- JEFFERY TRUETT SAPPPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
- ROBERT L SCHEIDEL JRCorporal · April 11, 1969
- ROBERT HALL SMARTSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- LAWRENCE EDWARD ZAPOLSKISpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.