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MICHAEL JOSEPH SMITH
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
December 26, 1946 – April 12, 1967
Service recordMichael Joseph Smith, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 12, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 92
- Born
- December 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 20
- CHARLES A SULLIVAN JRPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
- JOHN HARVEY TYNDALL JRSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- VICTORIANO VELEZSpecialist Four · April 12, 1967
- TERRY WELCHPrivate First Class · April 12, 1967
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
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.