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MELTON EDWARD SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 29, 1946 – March 30, 1969
Service recordMelton Edward Smith, of Grifton, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 94
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Grifton, North Carolina (Lenoir County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28W, Line 94
- DAVID LAWRENCE DECKARDSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES SIEGLERCorporal · March 30, 1969
- FRED D SMITHSergeant · March 30, 1969
- WALTER DANIEL SMITHSpecialist Five · March 30, 1969
- CHESTER H TERRY JRSergeant · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND BROWNSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 88
- DANIEL JOSEPH CURRANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 89
- BENITO DIAZ JRSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- JERRY TRUMAN DRIGGERSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- JERRY ARTHUR GARRICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- LAMARR LEE JOHNSCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 92
- RUSSELL LEE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 92
- DONALD LEE NIXONCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 93
- WILLIE JAMES SIEGLERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 94
- PAUL BRADLEY WESTSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 95
From Grifton
- STANLEY KAY PATRICKLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT JUNIOR GARRETTCorporal · June 9, 1970
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.