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NELSON LEE SMITH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1944 – March 7, 1969
Service recordNelson Lee Smith, of Sandusky, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 70
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Sandusky, Ohio (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 70
- LARRY R TENDAPrivate First Class ·
- ROGER JAMES SPENCESergeant · March 7, 1969
- BILLY DEAN THOMASSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- LEE DANIEL THOMASSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- TERRANCE LEE WEANTSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN GOODWINSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 64
- WILLIAM JAMES MCNAMARASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 68
- JOSEPH CHARLES RUSSOSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 69
From Sandusky
- DALE DANIEL THOMASCaptain · July 30, 1964
- JOHN EDWARD KOCHENSPARGERLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- ALAN ALBERT STEINPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- ARTHUR CHARLES BUCKLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES KEARSLEYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ANDRES AVALOS GONZALEZCorporal · May 22, 1968
- DENNIS MICHAEL RAMONSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
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.