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THOMAS F SMITH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1945 – March 3, 1968
Service recordThomas F Smith JR, of Atlantic City, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Atlantic City, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 57
- CHARLES GREGORY ROSSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- THOMAS PETER RUSSOPlatoon Sergeant · March 3, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- ALFRED WILLIAM SPEYERLance Corporal · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ALSMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 47
- RONALD JEROME DENT CASPERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 48
- DAN EUGENE CHARLESPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 48
- JAMES MICHAEL DARBYPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 48
- VINCENT ANTHONY DATENASpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 49
- FRANCISCO FRANCOSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 51
- WILLIAM ARLIN JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 52
- JIMMY FRANCIS LEHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 53
- JIMMIE EDWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 55
- DANIEL L PENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 55
- HARMON WAYNE PERRYSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 56
- EDDIE LEE PLEASANTSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 56
- SAMUEL DEWEY RIDER JRSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 56
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 57
- KENNETH LINDLE OLDHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 58
- DENNIS HUGH THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 58
From Atlantic City
- ARFIEN CLIFFORD ALISpecialist Four · February 20, 1966
- ARTHUR KEENSeaman · June 27, 1966
- DENNIS FRANCIS DELASANDROSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- GEORGE EUGENE COLES JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE LEONARD MILANPrivate · August 25, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GROHMANGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE FARMERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
- GERALD ANTHONY MCCALLStaff Sergeant · July 14, 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.