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STEVEN JAMES SMITH
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 19, 1949 – April 6, 1969
Service recordSteven James Smith, of Viroqua, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 23
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Viroqua, Wisconsin (Vernon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 23
- EDWARD FRANKLIN AYERSStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1969
- JERRY DON BECKStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR BROWNSpecialist Four · April 6, 1969
- TERRANCE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 6, 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.