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MICHAEL REX SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1946 – July 18, 1966
Service recordMichael Rex Smith, of Red Bluff, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 34
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Red Bluff, California (Tehama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 34
- CARL ROBERT MARRSPrivate · July 18, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD PORTERFIELDHospitalman · July 18, 1966
- DONALD JAMES PRIESTPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
From Red Bluff
- WENDELL OLIVER CHATFIELDPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- GLEN DEAN BELNAPLieutenant Colonel · December 20, 1967
- GARY LYLE RICHARDSONCorporal · June 13, 1968
- LOREN DAUNE MARTINSENSpecialist Five · November 27, 1968
- DONALD LEORY DUNNSergeant · August 14, 1969
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.