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RICHARD ALAN SMITH SR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 2, 1947 – October 9, 1969
Service recordRichard Alan Smith SR, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1969; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 58
- WILLIAM HENRY MORRIS JRCaptain · October 9, 1969
- TONY LEE ONEALCorporal · October 9, 1969
- GREG BRADFORD SCOTTSpecialist Five · October 9, 1969
- JAMES CURTIS SHIELDSPrivate First Class · October 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LEE AIKINCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 53
- JOHN PATRICK BRENNANCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 54
- OWEN TETSUMI HIRANOChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 17W, Line 56
- CHARLES DAVID JAGELERCaptain · Panel 17W, Line 56
- ROBERT SCOTT MASON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 57
- GREG BRADFORD SCOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 17W, Line 58
- DANNY RAY SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 59
- TONY MARIA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 60
- JIMMY RAY GARBETTSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 122
- JAMES HENRY TURNERSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 124
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.