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RAYBURN LESTER SMITH III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 4, 1946 – September 19, 1970
Service recordRayburn Lester Smith III, of Shamrock, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 75
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Shamrock, Texas (Wheeler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 75
- ROGER DALE OVERWEGSergeant · September 19, 1970
- THOMAS ALLEBACH SHIPECorporal · September 19, 1970
- GARY LEE ABRAHAMSONCorporal · September 20, 1970
- RAYMOND HUGH APELLIDOSpecialist Four · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK HAROLD MILLER JRCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 74
- ROY CHRISTOPHER OLGYAYSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 74
From Shamrock
- JAMES WESLEY ROWLETTSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- RUSSELL DAN WOOLLARDSergeant · February 11, 1969
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.