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WALTER THOMAS SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1950 – February 28, 1970
Service recordWalter Thomas Smith, of Taylor, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Taylor, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 69
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · February 28, 1970
- GREGORY SQUARESpecialist Four · February 28, 1970
- EDWARD JOHN VAILLANCOURTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1970
- JACK ALAN VANWIERENSpecialist Four · February 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN HODGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 68
- GREGORY SQUARESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 69
- JACK ALAN VANWIERENSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 69
From Taylor
- THOMAS FRANCIS HEFFERNANStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL SCHERERLance Corporal · January 17, 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.