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WILLIAM THOMAS SMITH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1949 – April 2, 1970
Service recordWilliam Thomas Smith, of Marshfield, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 84
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Marshfield, Wisconsin (Marathon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 84
- WILLIE JAMES RIDGEWAYCaptain · April 2, 1970
- EVERETT EDWARD RINESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1970
- SEVERIANO RIOSCorporal · April 2, 1970
- HENRY NEIL ROCKOWERFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM MICHAEL FINKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 80
- ALVIN WINSLOW FLOYDSergeant First Class · Panel 12W, Line 80
- MICKEY EUGENE GRIFFITHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 81
- KENNETH RAY HAWLEYSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 81
- MELVYN HAMANA KALILIStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 81
- ORVILLE EUGENE KITCHEN JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 82
- RONALD VICTOR KOLBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 82
- JOHN JOSEPH LYONSSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 83
- JOHN EDWARD RARRICKSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 83
- SEVERIANO RIOSCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 84
- MICHAEL FRANCIS THOMASStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 85
From Marshfield
- VERNAL GLEN MARTINPrivate · August 8, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK SCHUELLERFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES LEO JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · June 23, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH DECKERPetty Officer Third Class · October 18, 1967
- JAMES ALVIN STEGERStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BRUNNERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- LOREN RAY MILLARDPetty Officer Third Class · June 6, 1968
- RONALD JOHN HAUPTSpecialist Four · July 7, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD FELLENZChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- LEE RAYMOND PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 30, 1970
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.