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MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER SMARTT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1952 – December 31, 1972
Service recordMichael Christopher Smartt, of North Highlands, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 31, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 108
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 2, 1952
- Home of record
- North Highlands, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 108
- JOHN STEPHEN SATTERFIELDSpecialist Four · December 28, 1972
- GARY LEE BOYCEPetty Officer Second Class · January 1, 1973
- KENNETH DOYLE SCAIFESeaman Apprentice · January 3, 1973
- STEVEN BRYCE JOHNSTONCaptain · January 4, 1973
From North Highlands
- RUSSELL EDWARD METZGERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- JAMES CHARLES KROUSETechnical Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- STEPHEN RENIER TUBREFirst Lieutenant · August 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ARCHIE BLAKEYSpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- RANDOLPH BROWN JRLance Corporal · February 12, 1969
- ROY EDWARD PITTSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1969
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- DAVID LESLIE PALMERPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.