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STEVEN ADRIAN SMITH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1947 – October 26, 1967
Service recordSteven Adrian Smith, of West Linn, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 31, 1947
- Home of record
- West Linn, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 76
- DANIEL PETER KEE IIIPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- JOHN GEORGE ORSINOPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- DONALD GWYN OSBORNESergeant · October 26, 1967
- STEPHEN FREDERICK PETERSFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1967
From West Linn
- DALE WILLIAM TOLBERTPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE CLARKEPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- ALLEN DEAN PERKINSWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1969
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.