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HARRY WINFIELD SMITH
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 30, 1941 – November 12, 1969
Service recordHarry Winfield Smith, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 12, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 67
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
- Weapon Systems Officer (1555C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 34 TFS 388 TFW
- Born
- June 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 12, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- 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
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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
Also on Panel 16W, Line 67
- DONALD OLIVER FONZIMaster Sergeant · October 9, 1969
- MARK RICHARD ROSEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE ROSSSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- WILLIAM SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- R C EARL SWEETENSergeant First Class · November 12, 1969
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 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.