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THOMAS MONTGOMERY SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1948 – April 14, 1969
Service recordThomas Montgomery Smith, of Hannibal, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 83
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Hannibal, Missouri (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 83
- MICHAEL GRANT PORTERSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- LLOYD DANIEL QUILLENSergeant · April 14, 1969
- THEODORE FRANK SIEGELPrivate First Class · April 14, 1969
- WILLIAM LYLE SPERBPetty Officer Second Class · April 14, 1969
From Hannibal
- ARTHUR EDWARD HICKMANSergeant First Class · December 8, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL MOYERSPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- DON FAUROT DIANMaster Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- JAMES LEAR GLOVER JRPrivate First Class · August 28, 1968
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1969
- DAREN LEE KOENIGSergeant · April 6, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT HOLMESCorporal · March 29, 1970
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.