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PAUL ALLEN SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1950 – April 5, 1969
Service recordPaul Allen Smith, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 22
- LARRY RIEK RIEKENSergeant · April 5, 1969
- CHUCK MICHAEL STADELPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- DOUGLAS LEE VANDE-VEGTECorporal · April 5, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE WERTMANCorporal · April 5, 1969
From Mishawaka
- RICHARD LEE NUZIARDSergeant · November 8, 1965
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 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.