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THEODORE SMITH
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
December 5, 1935 – November 8, 1968
Service recordTheodore Smith, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 8, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 38
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster (QM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- December 5, 1935
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 38
- MARVIN EUGENE LIVELYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
- RODNEY SHAYNE PEARSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1968
- MARK HAROLD PIETRZYKSpecialist Five · November 8, 1968
- FLOYD ALBERT STINSONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1968
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.