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MICHAEL FRANCIS SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 20, 1949 – April 28, 1968
Service recordMichael Francis Smith, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 44
- RONNIE GLYNN SLAYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- HOWARD WILLIAM SNITCHLERPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS GRADY STRICKLINPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- HENRY WUNDERLICHPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD WILLIAM SNITCHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 44
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.