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ROY SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 11, 1946 – May 20, 1967
Service recordRoy Smith, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 65
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 65
- IVY M MCCARROLL JRSergeant · May 20, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE MURPHEYLance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- NICHOLAS ALLEN PAVLAKOVICHCorporal · May 20, 1967
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.