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RICHARD SMITH JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – July 27, 1967
Service recordRichard Smith JR, of Stuart, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Stuart, Florida (Martin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 10
- RONALD HOWARD PFEUFFERLance Corporal · July 27, 1967
- ERNEST PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- JAMES RUSSELL POPEPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH WEHRHEIMPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MYRON DONALD LUCASSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 8
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 9
From Stuart
- CURTIS F WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE BROWNCorporal · February 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE FRANK TURNERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
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.