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HALLIE WILLIAM SMITH
Major · U.S. Air Force
October 16, 1941 – January 8, 1968
Service recordHallie William Smith, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 8, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 94
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1325F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 16 TRS
- Born
- October 16, 1941
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 8, 1968
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South 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
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 33E, Line 94
- WALLACE CLAIR SHAFFER JRPetty Officer Third Class · January 8, 1968
- HAROLD WAYNE SIGMONSergeant · January 8, 1968
- CHARLES HERBERT SMITHLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- STEPHEN JAMES STEWARTSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.