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STEVEN MARTY SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – April 4, 1966
Service recordSteven Marty Smith, of Puyallup, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 83
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Puyallup, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 83
- JACK DEAN GILBERTPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLERSergeant · April 4, 1966
- JOSEPH LEON KANEMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1966
- JOE FRANK LISERIOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
From Puyallup
- RICHARD ANDREW ALMMajor · February 1, 1966
- LANCE JOSEPH CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- TIMOTHY E WORKMANSpecialist Five · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE PETERSENCorporal · October 18, 1967
- GARY HENRY FORSLieutenant Colonel · December 22, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- MARK OWEN CHARETTESergeant · April 6, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MIOTKECorporal · August 17, 1969
- RONALD FRANK HOPKINSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1970
- MARK ALLEN MATTERPrivate First Class · October 1, 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.