THE WALL OF FACES

Dear PFC Gary Smith, Thank you for your service as an Airborne Qualified Infantryman with the 1st Cavalry. Your 78th birthday just passed, happy birthday. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Winter will end soon, and it is Lent. Time moves quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.

Never forgotten.

HOOAH

Private First Class Gary Dean Smith, Served with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, United States Army Vietnam.

PFC Gary D. Smith served with D Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, US Army Vietnam. He was killed at LZ Albany and X-Ray in Ia Drang Valley (Coffelt Database).

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

GARRYOWEN

Gary D Smith
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PERSONAL DATA:
Home of Record: Knoxville, TN
Date of birth: 03/14/1942
MILITARY DATA:
Service Branch: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Private First Class
Promotion Note: None
ID No: 53378897
MOS: 11B1P: Infantryman (Airborne Qual)
Length Service: 01
Unit: D CO, 2ND BN, 7TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA:
Start Tour: 08/16/1965
Incident Date: 11/17/1965
Casualty Date: 11/17/1965
Status Date: Not Applicable
Status Change: Not Applicable
Age at Loss: 23
Location: Pleiku Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Repatriated: Not Applicable
Identified: Not Applicable
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds
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Data accessed: 6/30/2018