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TOMMY LEE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1944 – June 13, 1967
Service recordTommy Lee Smith, of Preston, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 99
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Preston, Georgia (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 99
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- BYRON MORROW SPEERSecond Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- GERALD CAIN STELLESergeant · June 13, 1967
- MANUEL VEGA TORRESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DON LEE GRISBYCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 97
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.