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WILLIAM SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 19, 1951 – February 5, 1970
Service recordWilliam Smith, of Satellite Beach, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 104
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Satellite Beach, Florida (Brevard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 104
- JAMES JOHN OSHAUGHNESSYCorporal · March 25, 1969
- PAUL ERIC LEESCorporal · February 5, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL LYONCaptain · February 5, 1970
- RALPH MARTINCorporal · February 5, 1970
- RONALD DALE PATECorporal · February 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH MARTINCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 104
From Satellite Beach
- KENNETH KEITH EPLEYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
- JOHN CARL VAUGHNCaptain · June 9, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER RICHARD SEITZSpecialist Five · February 13, 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.