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STEPHEN LEE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 2, 1951 – March 1, 1971
Service recordStephen Lee Smith, of Ottawa, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 15
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- January 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Ottawa, Kansas (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 15
- FRANK AGUAN SABLANSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
- ALBERT TIJERINA JRCaptain · March 1, 1971
- ROBERT DALE UHLWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1971
- JAMES THOMAS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED LEMUEL KINCER IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 14
- JAMES THOMAS WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 15
From Ottawa
- SAMMY RAY WISWELLStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1966
- GARY ARLAND HENDRICKSONPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- JIMMIE LE ROY JOHNSONLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- LAWRENCE DEAN BURGESSSergeant · June 6, 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.