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VARDE WESTON SMITH III
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 26, 1945 – September 4, 1967
Service recordVarde Weston Smith III, of Irving, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 110
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Irving, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 110
- DOUGLAS JAMES HOOTSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- GREGORY JOHN SCOTTCorporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SHEALance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- LEON SIMMSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
From Irving
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CAINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- ARLON DANIEL WALL JRAirman First Class · September 9, 1967
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 1968
- CHARLES DON CHAMPIONCorporal · August 28, 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.