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PATRICK LEROY SMITH
Captain · U.S. Army
September 9, 1940 – February 24, 1970
Service recordPatrick Leroy Smith, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 52
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 9, 1940
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 52
- JAMES HARRY SACHASCHIKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
- HENRY LOUIS VALO JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1970
- WALTER LEE WILSON JRSergeant · February 24, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.