Rank: Private First Class
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 31-Oct-1949
Hometown: Washington, District Of Columbia
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 14-Feb-1968
Start of tour: 20-Jul-1968
Incident date: 26-Sep-1968
Date of casualty: 26-Sep-1968
Age at death: 18
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
George John Smith Jr died from wounds received while on a military vehicle on combat operation when vehicle hit a hostile mine. / (Individual transported to 7th Surgical Hospital, Blackhorse base camp, Long Giao.)
Three Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SP4 Ronnie Louis Pounds
PFC George John Smith Jr
SSG Ronald Ray Walls
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Saint Marys Cemetery, Portage, Wisconsin, USA
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