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RICHARD ALBERT SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 12, 1945 – September 30, 1966
Service recordRichard Albert Smith, of Spencerport, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 31
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Spencerport, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 31
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS MALASPINAPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- HENRY OLIN MARTIN IIIPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- DAVID IRA MUSCHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE BONNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 32
From Spencerport
- ELMER EDWARD ELLSWORTHPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
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.