Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Joseph Bernard Smith Jr.
Headstone of Joseph Bernard Smith Jr.
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

Joseph Bernard Smith Jr.

Private First Class
1949 – 1968
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 43E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials In Our Keeping

Private First Class Joseph Bernard Smith Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Joseph served in the Vietnam War. Joseph was 18 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Gunshot wound
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Nam
Keepsakes
Joseph Bernard Smith JR
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
G CO, 2ND BN, 27TH MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
0311: RIFLEMAN
PFC
RIFLEMAN
QUANG NAM
1968
Pay grade E02.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 4

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 43E · Line 11 cut as JOSEPH B SMITH Jr
In Our Keeping
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Joseph Bernard Smith Jr.
Private First Class
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1968
2nd Battalion, 27th Marines
Private First Class
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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