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JOHN JACKIE SMALLWOOD
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 7, 1945 – June 16, 1973
Service recordJohn Jackie Smallwood, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 16, 1973, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Weapon Systems Officer (1555C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 8 TFW UBON AB
- Born
- October 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 16, 1973
- Country
- Cambodia
- 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
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1973. In June 1973, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “8 TFW UBON AB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
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 1W, Line 119
- GILBERT ALLAN ROVITOCaptain · June 14, 1973
- SAMUEL BLACKMAR CORNELIUSMajor · June 16, 1973
- JAMES TIMOTHY ONEILLAirman · July 4, 1973
- SAMUEL WALTER YATESLance Corporal · July 16, 1973
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL BLACKMAR CORNELIUSMajor · Panel 1W, Line 119
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 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.