THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever…

Dear PFC Michael Smith, Thank you for your service as an Indirect Fire Infantryman with the 1st Cavalry. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Spring has begun, and it's 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.

On the remembrance of your 79th birthday, your sacrifice is not forgotten.

GARRYOWEN

PFC Michael Thomas Smith
BIRTH 12 Dec 1941
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
DEATH 17 Nov 1965 (aged 23)
Pleiku, Gia Lai, Vietnam
BURIAL
Long Island National Cemetery
East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA Add to Map
PLOT S, 2271
MEMORIAL ID 2822947 · View Source

Michael Thomas Smith
ON THE WALL: Panel 3E Line 94
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PERSONAL DATA:
Home of Record: New York, NY
Date of birth: 12/12/1941
MILITARY DATA:
Service Branch: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Private First Class
Promotion Note: None
ID No: 51530608
MOS: 11C20: Indirect Fire Infantryman
Length Service: 01
Unit: C CO, 2ND BN, 7TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA:
Start Tour: 08/18/1965
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
URL: www.VirtualWall.org/ds/SmithMT01a.htm
Data accessed: 7/1/2018