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MITCHELL BRUCE SMITH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 8, 1949 – February 21, 1971
Service recordMitchell Bruce Smith, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 130
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ew/Sigint Morse Interceptor (05H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1971; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 130
- ROBERT JOSEPH THELENSpecialist Five · February 21, 1971
- FREDERICK ANTHONY YOUNGCorporal · February 21, 1971
- CHARLES EDWIN ENGLECaptain · February 22, 1971
- LARRY GENE MITCHELLCorporal · February 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CARL HENRY CACCIASpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 127
- ROBERT EUGENE DECELLE IICaptain · Panel 5W, Line 128
- JOHN JOSEPH LEVULISSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 128
- ROBERT JAMES POTTSSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 129
- ROBERT JOSEPH THELENSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 130
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 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.