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WISELEE SMITH
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 5, 1939 – September 27, 1967
Service recordWiselee Smith, of San Francisco, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 27, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 18
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 91
- Born
- August 5, 1939
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 91”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 18
- WILLIE WHITESergeant · September 26, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND YONGUEFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1967
- LOUIS WILLIAM BELLACH JRCorporal · September 27, 1967
- ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNETSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MARC STEVEN JAMESSeaman · Panel 27E, Line 20
- DAVID DUWAYNE KNOWLESSeaman · Panel 27E, Line 20
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.