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WARREN ALLEN SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – September 17, 1968
Service recordWarren Allen Smith, of North Park, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- North Park, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 39 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 23
- FRANK ALBERT SKOCICHPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- LLOYD HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- DARNELL JOSEPH SONGNEHospitalman · September 17, 1968
- BILLIE GRANVILLE STRICKLANDSergeant · September 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD JAMES COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 13
- RANDALL LEE FARLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 14
- LARRY DEAN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 22
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.