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SCOTT GARY SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 5, 1947 – August 1, 1968
Service recordScott Gary Smith, of Berkeley, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 45
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Berkeley, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 45
- WILLIAM DELBERT PEARSONCorporal · August 1, 1968
- GERALD LELAND POPPASergeant · August 1, 1968
- JOSEPH SHAW ROSSCaptain · August 1, 1968
- PETER JOHN RUSSELLCaptain · August 1, 1968
From Berkeley
- ROBERT COPELANDCorporal · December 14, 1966
- JOHN VERNON TAYLOR JRCaptain · November 4, 1967
- PAUL MITCHELL WILLISPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH MCCOYPrivate First Class · May 23, 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.