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SAMUEL DAVID SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordSamuel David Smith, of Cordova, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 26
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Cordova, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 26
- JAMES SIDNEY RYLEESpecialist Five · May 11, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD SCHERTZPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · May 11, 1968
- STANLEY RICHARD SMITHMajor · May 11, 1968
From Cordova
- WOODIE LEE HICKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MELVIN LESLIE BENNETTSergeant · January 31, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE HIGGINSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- LARRY PAUL BLACKPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE JONESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- JAMES RAY MONCRIEFSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- ADRIAN ALAN AKINSSpecialist Five · October 25, 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.