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YANCEY SMITH JR
Private · U.S. Army
October 14, 1947 – June 28, 1968
Service recordYancey Smith JR, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1968
- 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
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 13
- WADE LAMAR BROOMEPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- LORENZO RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- HECTOR SANTIAGO-COLONSpecialist Four · June 28, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE SEIDELCorporal · June 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 10
- BLAIR LOGAN KEOWNPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 12
- LOUIS CLEVELAND KIMBRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 12
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.