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RICHARD FLOYD SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1944 – March 16, 1966
Service recordRichard Floyd Smith, of Rochester, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 16
- RONALD LEE REEDPrivate · March 16, 1966
- WILLIAM NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- PAUL GERARD UNDERWOODColonel · March 16, 1966
- JERRY L ZEVENBERGENPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 13
- JOHN HENRY BEAUCHAMP JRCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 14
- MARION C BROWNSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 14
- ROBERT PAUL GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 14
- WILLIAM O GOSSETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 14
- KENNETH MAX KNUDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 15
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 15
- WILLIAM NATHANIEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 16
- CHARLIE C WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 17
- CHARLES A ZIONTSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 17
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDERICK KOHLRUSCHLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1966
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.