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PAUL WINTHROP SMITHSON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1947 – November 20, 1968
Service recordPaul Winthrop Smithson, of Bethesda, Maryland, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 20, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 21
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Bethesda, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 21
- HORACE VALLEY ROBINSON JRSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- THOMAS PAUL SCHWABSpecialist Four · November 20, 1968
- JIMMY LEE SHIELDSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD STONECorporal · November 20, 1968
From Bethesda
- JAMES R CUMBERPATCH JRSpecialist Four · June 23, 1966
- ARTHUR G KLIPPENSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1966
- BRUCE CHALMERS DUCATMajor · December 2, 1966
- JOHN MULLEN JOYCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JON ALBERT JULIASergeant · February 22, 1968
- THOMAS GAINES TURNERSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK WARDFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.