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WILLIAM HENRY SMITH JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 13, 1940 – February 7, 1968
Service recordWilliam Henry Smith JR, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1940
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Định Tường Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 14
- JACKIE GLENN SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- LARRY CURTIS SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- MAYNARD LEE SMITHPetty Officer Third Class · February 7, 1968
- STEVEN EUGENE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KIRK EDWARD HOULEPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 1
- STEVE NATHANIEL LAMBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 4
- ALBERT DEWELL WHITECorporal · Panel 38E, Line 18
- ROBERT LEO YORKPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 19
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.