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PERRY MONROE SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1946 – January 17, 1971
Service recordPerry Monroe Smith, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 54
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 54
- CECIL WAYNE SOUTHERLANDSpecialist Four · January 17, 1971
- JOSEPH STANLEY TIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 17, 1971
- WILLIAM F AARONSON IVPrivate First Class · January 18, 1971
- RONNIE BRICEPrivate · January 18, 1971
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.