RANGERS 2 Smith, James Leroy

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  • SURNAME
Smith
  • FORENAME
James Leroy
  • UNIT
Company L (Ranger),75th Infantry
  • RANK
First Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
233682646
  • DATE OF DEATH
15th February 1971
  • AGE
26
  • GRAVESITE
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Cemetery,Beckley,Raleigh County,West Virginia Garden No 3 (Everlasting Life) Lot 39 Block A Space 3
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Pineville,West Virginia
born 5.4.1944 Welch,West Virginia
son of Andrew and Billie (nee Coen) Smith
single
graduated Pineville High School 1961
graduated West Virginia State College
entered service September 1963 (Private,US Army)
graduated US Preparatory School,Fort Belvoir,Virginia May 1965
graduated USMA,West Point 1969 (2Lt Inf)
Fort Sill,Oklahoma (AIT)
Fort Benning,Georgia (Ranger Class 6-70) (graduated 18.12.1969)
506 Infantry Regiment (Company C,3 Bn) 28.6.1970
75 Infantry (Co.L) October 1970
awards Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Army Commendation Medal
WIA 16.11.1970
killed (non hostile) in helicopter crash Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam
UH-1H (2 Squadron,17th Cavalry)
Vietnam Vet.Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 05W Line 108
 
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