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PHILIP JEREMIAH SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1945 – February 3, 1967
Service recordPhilip Jeremiah Smith, of Redwood City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 113
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Redwood City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 113
- CASIMIR NIESPODZIANYFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1967
- WILLIAM RUSSEL PHILLIPSLieutenant Colonel · February 3, 1967
- STEPHEN CARROLL SANGERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- PAUL THEODORE SHORT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1967
From Redwood City
- RALPH FORRESTER GALVINPrivate · July 29, 1965
- DAVID GEORGE CALLISLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN NETO RODRIGUESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1966
- WALTER ADOLPH WAGNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1967
- MICHAEL GAIL HARVEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1967
- ALAN MACDONALD STURDYSergeant · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JEROME KOPFERAirman First Class · February 21, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM CLAIRECorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONALD ERNEST INGRAMCorporal · July 6, 1968
- STEPHEN GRIFFITH MONTAGUECorporal · October 16, 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.