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FRANCIS EDWARD SMILEY
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 29, 1931 – August 27, 1967
Service recordFrancis Edward Smiley, of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 27, 1967, in Laos, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 29, 1931
- Home of record
- Upper Darby, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 25E, Line 54
- GEORGE HENRY RUSH JRPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1967
- WILLIAM JACOB SANDERSLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
From Upper Darby
- EDWARD WILLIAM REILLYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- VICTOR JAMES FORDLance Corporal · April 29, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH HUMMSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- FRANK JAMES MASTROMATTEOLance Corporal · April 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALBERT RESNICKLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM MATTHEWSSergeant · August 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES FLAGIELLOPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- GREGORY JOSEPH THOMASSergeant · January 15, 1970
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONNELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1970
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.