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PEDRO ANDRE SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1947 – February 15, 1967
Service recordPedro Andre Smith, of Sturgis, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Sturgis, Michigan (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 36
- RICHARD DWAINE STOCKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES LEROY RUSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 15, 1967
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · February 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE MCMINNCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 34
From Sturgis
- BRUCE EDWARD LARGEPrivate First Class · July 25, 1967
- IRVILLE J KNOXPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- GREGORY JOHN CROSSMANMajor · April 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.