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FREDERICK PHILLIP SMITH
Captain · U.S. Army
March 6, 1946 – February 13, 1971
Service recordFrederick Phillip Smith, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Chemical Combat Service Support Officer (77315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 102
- KARLHEINZ S SEIBERLINGLance Corporal · February 13, 1971
- STEVEN LEE SEIGLERSergeant · February 13, 1971
- DONALD GUSTAV VOGETStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1971
- RICHARD DEAN COVERT JRSergeant · February 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LEE SEIGLERSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 102
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.