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DARYL EUGENE SMOCK
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
July 13, 1948 – November 20, 1966
Service recordDaryl Eugene Smock, of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 20, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 97
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Scottsbluff, Nebraska (Scotts Bluff County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 97
- PRESTON WAYNE POLKPrivate First Class · November 20, 1966
- HARRY JOSEPH SHEPHERD JRSergeant · November 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT SILVERStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- HARRY KAY VARNERPrivate First Class · November 20, 1966
From Scottsbluff
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- COIL EDMOND JRCorporal · May 18, 1967
- RAY GEVARA JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- MARVIN HENRY MARTINPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE CARPENTERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLEN WALKERSergeant · July 18, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE BALESStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1971
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.