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WILLIAM CARY SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 27, 1947 – November 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam Cary Smith, of Bessemer, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 82
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Bessemer, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 82
- RAMON HERNANDEZ TORRESSergeant · November 24, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN TSCHUMIPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- CHARLES LEE WILKStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- DAVID RAY BLACKBURNFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE ALOYIS DOUGHERTYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 76
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 79
- JAMES ELTON ONEALSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 80
- RICHARD LEE SANDERSCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 81
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 81
- RAMON HERNANDEZ TORRESSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 82
From Bessemer
- ROY MARVIN HITT JRSergeant · November 4, 1965
- CORDELL SPENCERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- MACK ARTHUR WAREPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY LAGRANDStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS OAKESPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- ELIJAH DANIEL JRStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- MATTHEW WAREStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1966
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HORACE JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
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.