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MAYNARD LEE SMITH
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 13, 1946 – February 7, 1968
Service recordMaynard Lee Smith, of Troy, Kansas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 7, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 14
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- November 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Troy, Kansas (Doniphan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 14
- JACKIE GLENN SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- LARRY CURTIS SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- STEVEN EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY SMITH JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 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.