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WILLIE JAMES SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 22, 1947 – April 3, 1968
Service recordWillie James Smith, of Greenville, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 56
- DAVID LEONARD SKUMURSKIPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SOVIZALSecond Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- LENARD STREET JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- ROOSEVELT THARRINGTON JRCorporal · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT WAYNE CUDWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 48
- MICHAEL WILLIAM DOWNINGSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 49
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 51
- ROBERT SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 55
From Greenville
- LAWRENCE BEVERLY MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · February 27, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
- ANTHONY THOMASSpecialist Four · February 9, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- THOMAS MURL JAGGERSCorporal · May 4, 1967
- CHARLES MILTONSpecialist Four · September 19, 1967
- LEROY WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · September 25, 1967
- THOMAS BARRY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1967
- JERRY W ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · January 21, 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.