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RONALD C SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 21, 1946 – March 3, 1967
Service recordRonald C Smith, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 14
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 14
- ROBERT BARRY SMITHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- LAWRENCE STRACKPrivate · March 3, 1967
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · March 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 11
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 1967
- JAMES BARNETT PATTERSONSergeant First Class · May 24, 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.