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STEPHEN THOMAS SMITH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 15, 1947 – September 21, 1970
Service recordStephen Thomas Smith, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 82
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 82
- LAYNE JOSEPH ROMAGOSAFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1970
- FRANK BART SANDERSPrivate First Class · September 21, 1970
- KENNA CLYDE TAYLORPetty Officer First Class · September 21, 1970
- LEO ALBERT BEACH JRSergeant · September 22, 1970
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.