The Wall › Panel 41W › Ohio › Roger Lee Smith
ROGER LEE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 14, 1947 – October 3, 1968
Service recordRoger Lee Smith, of South Point, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 2
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- South Point, Ohio (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 2
- KENNETH WILSON SHOOKAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- MICHAEL DUANE SEESpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES WALLACEStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1968
- BILLY WELLSSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- DENNIS ARTHUR WIRTSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN EDWARD BIXLERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 65
- MICHAEL LESTER MCCAFFERTYSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 71
From South Point
- GREGORY JOHN MAYNARDCorporal · May 25, 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.