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DAVID ROSCOE SMITH
Captain · U.S. Army
November 2, 1939 – March 16, 1969
Service recordDavid Roscoe Smith, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 16, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 56
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 2, 1939
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 16, 1969
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
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.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 56
- FRANCIS EUGENE SIEVERS JRFirst Lieutenant · March 16, 1969
- LARRY RAYMOND SWISHERSergeant · March 16, 1969
- SELVWYN RISHER TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · March 16, 1969
- TERRY LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RONALD BARNESCaptain · Panel 29W, Line 50
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.