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R J SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – May 14, 1969
Service recordR J Smith, of Salley, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quarrying Specialist (62G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 84 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Salley, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 12
- WAYNE KEITH SCHALTENBRANDCaptain · May 14, 1969
- DANIEL JOHN SHEAPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- JAMES BRYAN SMITHLance Corporal · May 14, 1969
- WINSTON OSBORNE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
From Salley
- ANTHONY GOLSONCorporal · March 3, 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.