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WALTER LEE SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1945 – August 29, 1966
Service recordWalter Lee Smith, of Woodford, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Woodford, Virginia (Caroline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 56
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- CHARLES THOMAS MCCORKLEPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- RICHARD ARNOLD OSTEEN JRPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RICHARD BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 55
From Woodford
- THOMAS MILTON GOULDINCorporal · November 18, 1969
- CLARENCE MELVIN GATEWOODSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
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.