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THOMAS CLINTON SMITH JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 26, 1949 – April 8, 1970
Service recordThomas Clinton Smith JR, of Ludowici, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Ludowici, Georgia (Long County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 109
- WILLIAM A SHARPE JRSpecialist Four · April 8, 1970
- DONALD BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- LAWRENCE GREGORY THODEFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MYRON WALDO BERGStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 106
- WILLIAM A SHARPE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 109
From Ludowici
- JIMMIE TAVY SMILEYSergeant · March 18, 1966
- MILLARD LEON TREADWELL JRMajor · June 3, 1967
- THOMAS GALE GAINESLance Corporal · February 11, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SAPPSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- JOHN DARVIN BELLStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1970
- HARRY LAWRENCE MCLAMBMajor · June 18, 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.