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RONALD GORDON SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1947 – November 21, 1967
Service recordRonald Gordon Smith, of Covington, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 60
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Covington, Tennessee (Tipton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 60
- DAVID RICHARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SULLIVANCorporal · November 21, 1967
- CHARLES MINOR TAYLOR IIIPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH UTTERWarrant Officer 1 · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD ERVIN CUMBIEMaster Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 55
- JOSE ESTABAN RODRIGUEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 59
From Covington
- JERRY WENDELL MCCULLOUGHLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- JAMES ALAN WILKSSpecialist Four · October 27, 1969
- BILLY WAYNE GLASSLance Corporal · April 19, 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.