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THOMAS J SMALLWOOD JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1938 – October 31, 1969
Service recordThomas J Smallwood JR, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 5, 1938
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 10
- BRIAN JOHN MORROWSergeant · October 31, 1969
- MICHAEL D ROSENTHAL JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 31, 1969
- EDWARD EUGENE SEESergeant Major · October 31, 1969
- DANIEL LEE STARKEYPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE HOSEAPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 9
- RONALD ALAN ROSSCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 9
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 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.