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JOL NEBANE SMITH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1944 – August 8, 1970
Service recordJol Nebane Smith, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 95
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 95
- SAMMY PINA RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
- WILLIAM MANUEL SCANLONSergeant · August 8, 1970
- GARY DAVID SENGSTOCKStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1970
- WILLIAM WAYMAN WALKERCaptain · August 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SAMMY PINA RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 95
From Santa Fe
- FRANCIS XAVIER NAVACorporal · September 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGOCorporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
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.