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WINSTON JOHN SMITH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 18, 1949 – February 15, 1970
Service recordWinston John Smith, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 17
- ROBERT GENE OCONNELLCorporal · February 15, 1970
- NORMAN ALFRED TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1970
- JOSE EDWARDO VILLANUEVALance Corporal · February 15, 1970
- FRED CHARLES ZIMPFERPrivate First Class · February 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FERNANDO BARCINAS ESTEVESSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 14
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.