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TERRY HUGH SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1947 – June 12, 1968
Service recordTerry Hugh Smith, of Bingen, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Bingen, Washington (Klickitat County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 4
- ALAN DAVID LYLEPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
- EDWARD DRAKE SCOTTLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- HERBERT WILLIAM SCOTT IIIWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 1968
- DONALD GRAY SMITHPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CLARK WHEELERPrivate First Class · Panel 57W, Line 5
- DAVID WILSONSergeant · Panel 57W, Line 6
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.