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WILLIAM PAUL SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1947 – January 11, 1968
Service recordWilliam Paul Smith, of Wayland, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Wayland, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 32
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- LEONARD HARRISON SNEAD JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- PHILIP PAUL STEVENSLieutenant (junior grade) · January 11, 1968
- SWANTE AUGUST SWENSONFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1968
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.