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MICKEL MELVIN SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 5, 1947 – November 11, 1967
Service recordMickel Melvin Smith, of Tulia, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 11, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 76
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- November 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulia, Texas (Swisher County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 76
- JIMMIE DALE ROGERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- CHARLES DOUGLAS SAWYERSStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS SHAWPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- ROBERT MILTON STATON JRSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
From Tulia
- OLIVER EUGENE REYNOLDS JRCorporal · April 10, 1969
- LOUIE ZAPATA LEIJASpecialist Four · May 29, 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.