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NEAL ARTHUR SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 1, 1949 – September 6, 1969
Service recordNeal Arthur Smith, of Gainesville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 51
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Florida (Alachua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 51
- JAMES DOUGLAS CHAPPELLSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- DENNIS ARTHUR SPENELLIHospitalman · September 6, 1969
- JERRY SYLVIAPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON TRUSTYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
- GILBERT CRAIG TURNER JRStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
From Gainesville
- VERNON THOMAS CARTER JRLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- NOAH MORRIS KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1966
- JEROME CORDELL WINTERSCaptain · July 25, 1966
- LORENZO COLUMBUS MAULDENPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- LINDY EDWARD HENRYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1967
- JAMES MILTON JEFFERSONLieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1967
- AUBURN DALE MCCOMBPetty Officer Second Class · May 14, 1967
- WESLEY IRA GOSWICKSpecialist Five · May 18, 1967
- JAMES MIKEL RUNNELSAirman · July 29, 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.