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WILLIAM GENE SMITH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1948 – October 26, 1968
Service recordWilliam Gene Smith, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 39
- CHARLES LEO POOLPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- STEPHEN HENRY SAMPLESPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- THOMAS ALFRED SENNEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- STEVEN ARNOLD STROUDPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARROLL JAMES BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 36
- DONALD LEE PERRYSergeant · Panel 40W, Line 38
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.