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RONALD LEE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – May 26, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Smith, of Beech Grove, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Beech Grove, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1968; nine of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 1
- DAVID WILLIAM SMITHSergeant · May 26, 1968
- LUKE ANDREW SMITH JRPrivate · May 26, 1968
- DENNIS MILTON SOLLENBERGERFireman · May 26, 1968
- REID TYRONE STYERSSpecialist Four · May 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALTON BOYCESergeant · Panel 66W, Line 1
- BILLY RAY BROWNSergeant · Panel 66W, Line 2
- ROY LEE BRAGERSpecialist Four · Panel 66W, Line 4
- JESSIE JAMES DANNERPrivate First Class · Panel 66W, Line 5
- DOUGLAS ROLLAND SUTTONSergeant · Panel 65W, Line 2
- MORRIS E THOMASCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 2
From Beech Grove
- LARRY JAMES PIERSONLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- JAMES LEON THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH LARKINSSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- MICHAEL STEPHEN CARTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 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.