The Wall › Panel 2W › Michigan › Thomas Emings Smith
THOMAS EMINGS SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 27, 1952 – February 20, 1972
Service recordThomas Emings Smith, of Evart, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1972, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 108
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 27, 1952
- Home of record
- Evart, Michigan (Osceola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1972; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 108
- PAUL DENIS KREGERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1972
- BRUCE PHILLIP ROWELieutenant · February 18, 1972
- JAMES MADISON HAMRICK JRCaptain · February 20, 1972
- RUDOLF MICKASpecialist Five · February 20, 1972
From Evart
- DOUGLAS LE ROY RANSHAWSpecialist Four · January 10, 1969
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.