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REGINALD EDWARD SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1946 – September 21, 1967
Service recordReginald Edward Smith, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 108
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 108
- WILLIE GREENELance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- GARY RAY SCHAFERLance Corporal · September 21, 1967
- CLARENCE DAVID SHEIBLEYPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- RICHARD EUGENE SUTHERLANDHospitalman · September 21, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.