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THOMAS DAVID SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – September 11, 1968
Service recordThomas David Smith, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 30
- PHILLIP EDWARD SLAUGHTERPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- CURTIS ORAN SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1968
- DOUGLAS MARK SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1968
- STEPHEN DUANE SPARKS SRFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 24
- ROLAND ALLEN GORSCHBOTHPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 24
- VINICIO FREDEK SANTUCCISpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 29
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 29
- HARRY L VANALST JRSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 32
- GARY ALAN WALDORFPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 32
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.