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STEPHEN JAY W SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1947 – June 21, 1970
Service recordStephen Jay W Smith, of Convoy, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 76
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Convoy, Ohio (Van Wert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 76
- JAMES DALE GARDNERStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1970
- ERNEST LEROY GARNERStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1970
- DENNIS ALLEN LADAGESpecialist Four · June 21, 1970
- JOHN NEWT MCCLENDON JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE HAROLD WEISHEITCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 77
From Convoy
- STEPHEN EUGENE BEBOUTSergeant · January 9, 1972
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.