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WALTER DANIEL SMITH
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 5, 1942 – March 30, 1969
Service recordWalter Daniel Smith, of Tullahoma, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 94
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- December 5, 1942
- Home of record
- Tullahoma, Tennessee (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 94
- DAVID LAWRENCE DECKARDSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES SIEGLERCorporal · March 30, 1969
- FRED D SMITHSergeant · March 30, 1969
- MELTON EDWARD SMITHCorporal · March 30, 1969
- CHESTER H TERRY JRSergeant · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH JAMES POLASEK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 93
From Tullahoma
- RANDY NEAL WARDSpecialist Four · January 27, 1968
- TIMOTHY LANE WORTHFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- KENNETH LEE KIRKESSecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- HOMER B BELL JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- FREDDIE RAY KELLEYPetty Officer Second Class · September 16, 1968
- GERALD DOUGLAS ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- TERRILL EDWARD BRADFORDSpecialist Five · April 29, 1971
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.