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MICHAEL SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1949 – October 11, 1970
Service recordMichael Smith, of Richmond Hill, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Richmond Hill, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 126
- LEONALD GEORGE GUILETTESpecialist Five · October 11, 1970
- PETER SHELDON HAWLEYPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
- LARRY DEAN SHELTONCorporal · October 11, 1970
- MELVIN EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE ELMER WALTER JRCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 127
From Richmond Hill
- GEORGE THOMAS STRIDIRONSergeant First Class · April 30, 1966
- LOUIS EDWARD WILLETTPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD SIBILLYSergeant · September 7, 1967
- BRUCE ROBERT HAYESLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- EDWARD VINCENT COFFEYCorporal · August 21, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD REHDERSpecialist Four · October 20, 1968
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
- DOUGLAS RAY ANDERSONTechnical Sergeant · July 3, 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.