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WILLIAM HENRY SMITH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 27, 1949 – January 31, 1970
Service recordWilliam Henry Smith JR, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 14W, Line 87
- JOHN THOMAS RODGERSSergeant · January 31, 1970
- EDWARD ARNOLD ROZELLLance Corporal · January 31, 1970
- DONALD LLOYD SWANSONCaptain · January 31, 1970
- JERALD DALE WESTSergeant · January 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH RAY GODWINPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 84
- RICHARD MICHAEL MADERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 85
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.