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RICHARD EDWARD SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 16, 1946 – November 2, 1967
Service recordRichard Edward Smith, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 13
- TRACY LEE WHOOLERYStaff Sergeant · November 2, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH WRIGHTLieutenant Commander · November 2, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- RANDALL WAYNE ERNSBERGERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD HOWARD JRSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 10
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 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.