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RICHARD EUGENE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1938 – August 21, 1968
Service recordRichard Eugene Smith, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 23
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
- December 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 23
- EDWIN CHARLES SONNICHSENSergeant · August 21, 1968
- WALTER CHARLES STEELESpecialist Five · August 21, 1968
- DELBERT RAY STOGSDILLPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
- R D SULLIVANPetty Officer First Class · August 21, 1968
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.