Winston Osborne Smith
Military Data
Unit C Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry, 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, USARV
Casualty Data
Start Tour 19 January 1969
Incident Date 14 May 1969
Casualty Date 14 May 1969
Age at Loss 24
Location , South Vietnam
Remains Body recovered
Repatriated 05221969 Returned to US soil
Casualty Type Hostile, died while missing
Casualty Reason Ground casualty
Casualty Detail Multiple fragmentation wounds
Vietnam Wall Panel 24W Line 012
Eleazer Cem.
PFC Army Co. C, 1 BN, 46 Inf, 198 Inf BDE
Son of Mr. & Mrs. Jessee Smith. Smith had been missing since May 14. He had been in Vietnam since January. He was employed at Monroe Industries at Tellico Plains before entering the Army in Aug. 1968 in action in the Vietnam War.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 11 February 1945
- Date of death: 14 May 1969
- County: Monroe
- Hometown: Madisonville
- Service Branch: Army
- Division/Assignment: 46th Infantry, 198th Infantry Brigade
- Conflict: Vietnam
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Eleazar Cemetery, Mount Vernon, Monroe County, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XXIV, Top Panel
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