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HARLEY ALBERT SMITH JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
June 26, 1935 – April 22, 1969
Service recordHarley Albert Smith JR, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 22, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 26, 1935
- Home of record
- Coatesville, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 27
- THOMAS DAVID PERRYStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
- VINCENT CALVIN SCOTT JRCaptain · April 22, 1969
- MICHAEL RAY SKIPPERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 22, 1969
From Coatesville
- ROBERT CARL LANEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1966
- DONALD RUSSELL BURTONSergeant · April 2, 1966
- JAMES WALTER SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- DAVID EARL HARTSOEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD LEROY FOLKSPrivate First Class · July 16, 1967
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MICHINOKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON JRSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN MARKEL JRLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
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.