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THURMAN HORACE SMITH
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1943 – September 22, 1968
Service recordThurman Horace Smith, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 67
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 67
- MODESTO VALDEZPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE VANMATERSergeant · September 22, 1968
- KARL ROY BIESERPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- THOMAS DEAN BROCKSergeant · September 23, 1968
From Chesapeake
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 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.