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PHILIP SMITH JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1947 – May 22, 1968
Service recordPhilip Smith JR, of Bell, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Bell, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 3
- WALTER STEPHEN SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GARY PATESenior Master Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- DEAN PAUL STPIERRECaptain · May 22, 1968
- ARTHUR LOUIS WALDORFCorporal · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH VERBERT CZAJKOWSKICorporal · Panel 65E, Line 7
- CLAIR F RITCHEY JRCorporal · Panel 66E, Line 2
From Bell
- WINFORD MCCOSARLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- GLENN PAUL MCADOOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- THOMAS GUY BURGECaptain · January 28, 1969
- CHARLES DOUGLAS ANNISLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- ROBERT D ARNALLCorporal · December 28, 1970
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.