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WILLIAM FRANKLIN SMITH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – October 2, 1967
Service recordWilliam Franklin Smith JR, of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 42
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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
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 42
- ROY CARL WAGNERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1967
- ALAN EDWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM YEAGERPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
From Lock Haven
- JOHN JAY EDWARDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK JOHNSTONSergeant · May 3, 1968
- DOMINIC M SEMENTELLI JRSergeant · March 25, 1969
- ROBERT LEE WORDENSpecialist Five · May 15, 1969
- DANIEL LEROY MYERSLance Corporal · April 2, 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.