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WAYNE KEITH SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 23, 1944 – May 8, 1970
Service recordWayne Keith Smith, of Venice, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Venice, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 3
- JOHNNIE PICKENS JRSergeant · May 8, 1970
- PHILLIP JOE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- THOMAS GARY STANDLEYCorporal · May 8, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN TUFFCorporal · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JEROME HUBERTYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 131
- PETER FRANCIS NOLANSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 2
From Venice
- DAVID STANLEY DEMMONStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1965
- RICHARD ALAN FRYECorporal · August 26, 1966
- HARLAND GENE CLAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- EURAL STANLEY JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- FELIX RAMON BOCANEGRALance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- STEVEN CATARINO MARTINEZSergeant · August 20, 1968
- STEVE EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM WHISENANTSergeant · July 29, 1969
- DOYLE WAYNE WEAVERLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
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.