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RONALD CARLTON SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 18, 1944 – April 14, 1968
Service recordRonald Carlton Smith, of Hatboro, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 1
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Hatboro, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 1
- GEORGE QUAMOMajor · April 14, 1968
- RICHARD FREDRICK RENNOLETSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- PHILIP FRANCIS SHERIDANLance Corporal · April 14, 1968
- STANLEY R STELLMACH JRSergeant · April 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR BOBBITTCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 50
From Hatboro
- JAMES PATRICK KELLYSecond Lieutenant · September 27, 1965
- HAROLD EDWARD CASHMAN JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JOSEPH LANNON JRPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WRIGHT JRFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN AHLUMCaptain · March 23, 1969
- ROBERT PRESTON RUTTLE JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
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.