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RICHARD DEANE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 9, 1951 – May 25, 1970
Service recordRichard Deane Smith, of Bellevue, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 100
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 9, 1951
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 100
- CHARLES DENNIS SHARPESergeant · May 25, 1970
- CURTIS SMITHSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- JERRY LYNN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1970
- ROY JASPER SNYDERCorporal · May 25, 1970
From Bellevue
- EMMETT RAYMOND MCDONALDMajor · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT EVANS WISEFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1967
- QUENTIN DENNIS ZAMBANOSecond Lieutenant · October 15, 1967
- JOSEPH LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LESLIE DAZEY JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DAVID RALF DEVIKLance Corporal · February 10, 1968
- RODNEY GALE FRANKStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- ENRIQUE THOMAS ENRICOSpecialist Four · June 18, 1969
- BRUCE GORDON GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · December 13, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL ADAIRSergeant · January 6, 1970
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.