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WILBUR ALLEN SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 8, 1948 – June 2, 1969
Service recordWilbur Allen Smith, of Bomont, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Bomont, West Virginia (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; ten of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 48
- JOSEPH ROBERT SCOTTPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- KENNARD ERROL SVANOEFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1969
- PRESTON TAYLOR JRCorporal · June 2, 1969
- SAVAS ESCAMILLA TREVINOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LYMAN CONRAD BACHStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 41
- SCOTT DOUGLAS BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 41
- WARREN FRED BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 42
- DUANE ROY BAUMGARDNERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 43
- MARK STEVEN DREIERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 43
- JEFFREY LEE GELDINSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 44
- FRANCIS RUSSELL MCGOWANSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 46
- DONALD JOHN PORTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 46
- ROBERT LESLIE POXONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 46
- PRESTON TAYLOR JRCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 48
- RAY LEONARD ULRICHSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 49
- PAUL FREDERICK WEBERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 49
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.