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RONNIE WAYNE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1948 – May 28, 1968
Service recordRonnie Wayne Smith, of Huntsville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Huntsville, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 16
- ROBERT MICHAEL SOPKOPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- THOMAS ARTHUR STEVENS JRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- STEPHEN THOMAS SULLIVANLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- PELESASA SOLOMONA TAUANUUCorporal · May 28, 1968
From Huntsville
- ANTHONY D SHEFFIELDSergeant · December 9, 1965
- WILLIAM ALFRED BASON IIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- JAMES EARL PERRYPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT L MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JAMES EDMOND HUFFSergeant · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- LARRY GENE CLARKLance Corporal · February 4, 1968
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.