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OTIS THOMAS SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 28, 1944 – November 15, 1967
Service recordOtis Thomas Smith, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 102
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 102
- WILLIAM DONN PETERSENPlatoon Sergeant · November 15, 1967
- DONALD LAWRENCE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JOHNNY ALLEN SIGURDSONSecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1967
- WALTER A TASHNERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LORINZER PAUL CLARK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 99
- BRYANT D FANNINSergeant First Class · Panel 29E, Line 99
- JIMMY EDWIN FLYNNSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 100
- JOHN SWAIN GORDONSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 100
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 101
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.