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MELVIN SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 12, 1946 – December 10, 1967
Service recordMelvin Smith, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 77
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 77
- RONALD LEE SANDMANNSergeant · December 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JORN SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- DREW DOUGLAS SHIPLEYSergeant · December 10, 1967
- WALKER SMITH JRSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.