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WARDELL SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1941 – July 4, 1968
Service recordWardell Smith, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 14
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1941
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 14
- LOUIS JAMES SKANSONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- STEPHEN ROBERT STEFANIAKPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
- FREDERICK G TERRY JRMajor · July 4, 1968
- DAVID JAMES WARDCorporal · July 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADLEY D BOWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 7
- EARL EUGENE FAULKNERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 9
- MARSHALL WAYNE FISHERSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 9
- EUGENE LYNN MARKWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 11
- WILLIAM LEONARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · Panel 53W, Line 13
- WILFREDO PANTALEON ZAMORASpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 15
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.