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CURTIS RICHARD SMOOT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 9, 1949 – March 10, 1971
Service recordCurtis Richard Smoot, of Varnado, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 10, 1971, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Varnado, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 10, 1971
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 36
- JAMES LAVERNE RANDALLCorporal · March 10, 1971
- GARY HERBERT ROBISONCorporal · March 10, 1971
- GORDON KEITH SPEARMAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1971
- EDMOND DAVID BILBREYCaptain · March 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE HUPPERT HEILSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 35
- ROBERT THOMAS KISERSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 35
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.