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DUNCAN PADGETT SMYLY
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 13, 1934 – November 19, 1967
Service recordDuncan Padgett Smyly, of Ruffin, South Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 19, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 13, 1934
- Home of record
- Ruffin, South Carolina (Colleton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 34
- JAMES RONALD SPELLERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- HARRY EDWARD STEPHENSSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- JAMES ERLAN TEAGUELieutenant · November 19, 1967
- RICHARD W THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1967
From Ruffin
- HARVEY JUNIOR KINSEYCorporal · July 8, 1967
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.