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SAMUEL JEROME SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1942 – December 10, 1967
Service recordSamuel Jerome Smith, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 78
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
- November 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 78
- MICHAEL ROBERT SHAPARDSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- MELVIN DEWAYNE SODOWSKYSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1967
- RONALD CLARK STALLINGSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- RALPH MARIO VALENCIALance Corporal · December 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GENE DIRITACorporal · Panel 31E, Line 71
- ALBERT EUGENE DUSSEAUPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 72
- JOSE JUAN FIGUEROAStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 73
- DANIEL ELI GARDNERCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 74
- JERRY GRANTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 74
- JIM LAWRENCE HARNDENCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 75
- WASHINGTON CARVER MABLEPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 76
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.