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ALBERT WARD SMARR JR
Colonel · U.S. Army
October 4, 1924 – February 25, 1972
Service recordAlbert Ward Smarr JR, of Hickory Grove, South Carolina, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 111
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 4, 1924
- Home of record
- Hickory Grove, South Carolina (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1972
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1972; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 111
- DAVID NEAL JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1972
- ROMAN LEE JONESSpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
- RONALD JOHN MANCACorporal · February 25, 1972
- WILLIAM J MORGANMajor · February 25, 1972
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM J MORGANMajor · Panel 2W, Line 111
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.