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GREGORY ALLAN SMITH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 10, 1947 – May 20, 1971
Service recordGregory Allan Smith, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 43
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 43
- MARCUS EUGENE ARNESONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
- VINCENT MARIO BENEDETTIPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
- JAMES EDWARD BODDIEStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1971
- RANDALL JOHN GLASSPOOLESpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GRAHAM BRUCEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 42
From Sioux City
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 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.