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EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 8, 1950 – December 4, 1969
Service recordEdward Rowe Smiley JR, of Kent, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1969, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Kent, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 25
- LOUIS DALE PALLAYELance Corporal · December 4, 1969
- EMORY LEE REASpecialist Four · December 4, 1969
- DON EDDIE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · December 4, 1969
- JOSE A VELEZ-HERNANDEZSpecialist Five · December 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 24
- JOSE A VELEZ-HERNANDEZSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 25
From Kent
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- ROBERT RAY SANFORDPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
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.