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JOHN RAYMOND SMITH
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 20, 1942 – April 30, 1970
Service recordJohn Raymond Smith, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 77
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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 45 MED CO USARV
- Born
- November 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1970; seven of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “45 MED CO USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 77
- ROBERT JOSEPH SHANNONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- CHARLES LEE SMALLINGPrivate First Class · April 30, 1970
- DAVID WALDEN STATONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- LEON ANTHONY TETKOSKISergeant First Class · April 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN REYNOLDS KELEHERSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 74
- DONALD RAY MARLOWSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 75
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.