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GEORGE CRAIG SMITH
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 6, 1940 – April 3, 1965
Service recordGeorge Craig Smith, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on April 3, 1965, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 615 TFS
- Born
- March 6, 1940
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 3, 1965
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1965. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 100
- JAMES JOSEPH EVANSCommander · April 2, 1965
- FRANK EVERETT BENNETTMajor · April 4, 1965
- WALTER FRANK DRAEGER JRCaptain · April 4, 1965
- JAMES A MAGNUSSON JRMajor · April 4, 1965
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
- MARVIN ELLIS CURRYSpecialist Four · October 31, 1965
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.