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NORMAN CARTER SMOOTS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 9, 1949 – March 25, 1969
Service recordNorman Carter Smoots, of Plainview, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 40
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Plainview, Texas (Hale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 40
- RICHARD DEAN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · March 25, 1969
- LEWIS EUGENE SAMPLERStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- DOMINIC M SEMENTELLI JRSergeant · March 25, 1969
- DAVID GERALD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DALE BEANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 32
- GERNOT BENDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 32
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 33
- STEPHEN HELDEN DOANEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 34
- EDWARDO FLORESPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 38
- LEWIS EUGENE SAMPLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 40
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 41
From Plainview
- EDWARD HAROLD FOXSecond Lieutenant · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE LEE FRAZIERAirman · July 29, 1967
- JIMMY DON ROBERSONPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH LEON BLACKMONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM OSBORNSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- JIMMY ARDELL AWALTLance Corporal · July 22, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD YARBROUGHCorporal · August 22, 1968
- JAMES BURL HANSARDCaptain · October 23, 1968
- PHILLIP RANDALL PANNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 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.