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THOMAS KING SMITH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 10, 1944 – August 22, 1968
Service recordThomas King Smith, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 33
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 33
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · August 22, 1968
- KENYU SHIMABUKUROGunnery Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD SPENS IIIPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- JOHN D STRINGFELLOW JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ELMER PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 25
- LARRY DAVIDSON COOKPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 26
- PHILIP T DELORENZO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 26
- RONALD ANTHONY GOLWITZERSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 28
- GILBERT KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 29
- PAUL FRANCIS OLEARYPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 30
- ANTHONY NEAL REVAKSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 31
- ROBERT BRUCE SANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 32
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLUEBPrivate · Panel 47W, Line 32
- ARCADIO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 34
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.