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WINFRED LEE SMITH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1947 – June 8, 1970
Service recordWinfred Lee Smith, of Greenville, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 30
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, Virginia (Augusta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 30
- JAMES GILESSergeant · June 8, 1970
- WILLIE LEE STEELELance Corporal · June 8, 1970
- JOHN THOMAS THORNTONSergeant · June 8, 1970
- GEORGE LESLIE TUCKER JRCorporal · June 8, 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.