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WILLIAM HASKELL SMOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1949 – August 30, 1968
Service recordWilliam Haskell Smock, of Van Buren, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Van Buren, Arkansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 10
- ORIL WILLIAM HAWLEYPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JORGE ALVARADO SILVASSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- TADEUSZ SOSNIAKMaster Sergeant · August 30, 1968
- JOHN LEO TRACYPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
From Van Buren
- JEWEL LEE RAINWATERPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- ARTHUR C WILLIAMS JRPetty Officer First Class · April 11, 1968
- ALEXANDER JOHNSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES GUIREPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
- JAMES DAVID HOUSLEYSpecialist Four · April 15, 1970
- HENRY VERNON CLOSSERPetty Officer Second Class · November 20, 1971
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.