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MICHAEL EDWARD SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1946 – December 24, 1966
Service recordMichael Edward Smith, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 77
- ULYSSES WHITEPrivate First Class · December 23, 1966
- ALBERTO I JARA-VERANOPrivate First Class · December 24, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.