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RICHARD CLIFTON SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1944 – April 6, 1966
Service recordRichard Clifton Smith, of Silver Spring, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 6, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 91
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Silver Spring, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1966; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 91
- THOMAS JOSEPH RALSTONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- JACK A SMITHSpecialist Four · April 6, 1966
- ROBERT RUSSELL BARNETTCaptain · April 7, 1966
- MARIANO R NEGRANZA JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1966
From Silver Spring
- WAYNE THOMAS LUNDELLSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- TERRY WINTERMOYERSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD LOVELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- JOHN MICHAEL BOWERSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RALPH SIMONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BOEHMPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT HATCHER SWAINPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM ANTHONY WILKSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES GILMAN BUTLER JRLance Corporal · August 1, 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.