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PAUL WESLEY SMITH
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 18, 1931 – May 5, 1968
Service recordPaul Wesley Smith, of Oroville, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 31
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Area Intelligence Technician (972A)
- Born
- September 18, 1931
- Home of record
- Oroville, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 31
- TOMMY LOREN SHEHORNSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHELDONSeaman · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMILEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- HOWARD JOSEPH SPEARSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
From Oroville
- THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPENPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- DALE GLENN SIEVERS JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WILLIAM STEVE ILLMANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE ROY IIISpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LANNY DEE CUMMINSFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN BOOTSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM LISSLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- DAVID B CHRISTIANSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- BARRY LON UNFRIEDLance Corporal · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL ELSMERE LUCASPrivate First Class · October 6, 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.