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MOSE SMITH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 23, 1944 – June 29, 1966
Service recordMose Smith JR, of Cuba, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Born
- October 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Cuba, Alabama (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 109
- TOMMY ROY JONESPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- ALBERT RAYMOND POTTERSergeant · June 29, 1966
- WALDEMAR D SHOWALTERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- LESLIE R SMITHPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
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.