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THOMAS PAUL SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1950 – September 6, 1970
Service recordThomas Paul Smith, of Alpena, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 43
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- February 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Alpena, Michigan (Alpena County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 43
- GUILLERMO VALLECorporal · September 6, 1970
- WILLIAM LESTER WILHELMSergeant · September 6, 1970
- EUGENE ALLEN AARONPrivate First Class · September 7, 1970
- MONTY DOYAL BOYERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM COLLINASergeant First Class · Panel 7W, Line 41
From Alpena
- DONALD JOSEPH WOLOSZYKLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- EDWARD PAUL AUSTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- FREDERICK JOSEPH WOZNIAKMajor · January 17, 1967
- PHILIP BLAINE EMERSONLance Corporal · May 15, 1967
- NED ARTHUR HEATHSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- RODNEY MAX CHAPMANLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1969
- GENE PAUL FUSSEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 1969
- PHILLIP ALLEN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · March 10, 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.