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VENNIE LEE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1946 – January 9, 1967
Service recordVennie Lee Smith, of Alameda, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Alameda, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 3
- VERN LEE PRAYSergeant · January 9, 1967
- RICKFORD RAY SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- JACKIE L WAYMIRESergeant · January 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT W BARTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 129
From Alameda
- LOSSY RAY WANGLERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- MILTON J S SEUPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK SOUSALance Corporal · July 10, 1966
- DEREK BOYD POPESpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- BRUCE EDGAR YATESFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- GARY ANTHONY PLUMBPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- VINCENT RICHARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- AUSTIN BRUCE COOKStaff Sergeant · July 17, 1967
- KENNETH GRANT STOKERPrivate · July 19, 1967
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.