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THOMAS HERBERT SMITH
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
February 24, 1948 – November 1, 1968
Service recordThomas Herbert Smith, of Markesan, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 1, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 4
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Quartermaster (QM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS WESTCHESTER COUNTY LST 1167
- Born
- February 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Markesan, Wisconsin (Green Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Go Cong Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USS WESTCHESTER COUNTY LST 1167”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 4
- CARY FRANK RUNDLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- REINHARD J SCHNURRER JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- WALTER JAMES SEIDELSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- ROGER EUGENE SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE CHARLES CARTERSeaman Apprentice · Panel 40W, Line 71
- RICHARD CORTEZ CARTWRIGHTPetty Officer First Class · Panel 40W, Line 71
- TIMOTHY CHARLES DUNNINGSeaman · Panel 40W, Line 71
- THOMAS GEORGE FUNKEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 40W, Line 72
- KEITH WILLIAM DUFFYPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 40W, Line 74
- DAVID GLEASON FELLPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 40W, Line 75
- CHESTER DONALD DALEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 40W, Line 76
- GERALD EUGENE BOOTH HAMMPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 40W, Line 76
- FLOYD W HOUGHTALING IIISeaman · Panel 40W, Line 77
- ARISTOTOLES DEL R IBANEZPetty Officer First Class · Panel 40W, Line 77
- JERRY SMITH LEONARDPetty Officer First Class · Panel 39W, Line 1
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MILLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 39W, Line 2
- RODNEY WALTER PETERSPetty Officer First Class · Panel 39W, Line 3
- CARY FRANK RUNDLEPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 39W, Line 4
- REINHARD J SCHNURRER JRPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 39W, Line 4
- ANTHONY RICHARD TORCIVIAPetty Officer First Class · Panel 39W, Line 5
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.