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TERRY LEE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1944 – October 28, 1966
Service recordTerry Lee Smith, of Piedmont, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Piedmont, South Carolina (Anderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- 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 October 28, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 124
- GERARD ROBERT MCCONNELLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- LOUIS JESUS RENTERIAPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- FRANCIS DAVID RICEAirman Second Class · October 28, 1966
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN BOSKO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 120
- WALTER JACKSON CARROLLPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 121
- OSCAR GARCIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 122
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 123
- STANLEY ROBERT TOMASOVICPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 124
- RONALD WYATTPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 125
From Piedmont
- LARRY FLEMING JRCorporal · January 17, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL CAMPBELLSergeant · May 7, 1968
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.