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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jerome Joseph Smith.

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JEROME JOSEPH SMITH

Captain · U.S. Air Force

October 2, 1936 – October 3, 1966

Service record

Jerome Joseph Smith, of Riceville, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 3, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 11E · Line 41

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Service

Branch
U.S. Air Force
Rank
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
October 2, 1936
Home of record
Riceville, Iowa (Howard County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 3, 1966
Age
30
Province
Khanh Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

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24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966; five of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Riceville

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.