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WILLIAM MARK SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 2, 1949 – March 3, 1969
Service recordWilliam Mark Smith, of Middleboro, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 3, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 32
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Middleboro, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 3, 1969
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; 25 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 32
- RONALD JAMES SHIERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- DELBERT LEO SINGLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM CLYDE STINSON JRLieutenant Colonel · March 3, 1969
- BRUCE WAYNE THOMPSONSergeant · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LYNN DENNIS ANDERSONSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 18
- MELVIN LYNN APPLEBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 18
- PHILIP LOU BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 18
- PAUL JOSEPH BUCZOLICHPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 19
- FRED DOUGLAS BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 19
- DENNIS JOSEPH COLLSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 20
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 21
- CHARLIE FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 22
- RODGER DENNIS FORCESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 22
- RUPERT WATSON GOEBEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 23
- ROBERT ELWIN GRIFFITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 23
- JEFFREY KENNETH GOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 24
- BARRY DEVERE HORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 24
- WILLIE JUNIOR HUDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 25
- DENNIS ROSS PAUL ISOMCaptain · Panel 30W, Line 25
- VERNON EUGENE LAIL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 26
- HARRY BATON SEEDES IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 26
- WILLIAM THOMAS RECTOR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 29
- GEORGE RAY ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 29
- LAYNE MICHAEL SANTOSPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 30
- WILLIAM JOHN SCHAAFSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 30
- JOSEPH SCHMICH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 31
- DAVID ANDREW SEIBERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 31
- WILLARD ALVON WIMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 35
From Middleboro
- HUBERT BRADFORD LOHEEDCaptain · February 1, 1966
- GERALD BRIAN DORRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1967
- WAYNE MAURICE CARONPetty Officer Third Class · July 28, 1968
- FRED ZIMRI WASHBURNFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN MORRISONLance Corporal · November 1, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE BELLERIVECorporal · January 19, 1969
- WILLIAM F HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT FRANCIS TOWNES JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1972
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.