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JOSEPH STANLEY SMITH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 7, 1945 – April 4, 1971
Service recordJoseph Stanley Smith, of Assumption, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 4, 1971, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 106
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 612 TFG SQ
- Born
- May 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Assumption, Illinois (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1971. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 4W, Line 106
- TERRY VASCAL KNIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · April 4, 1971
- NOEL CHARLES LAPLANTEFirst Lieutenant · April 4, 1971
- JOHNNY HAROLD LAWRENCEStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1971
- HARVEY MICHAEL REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1971
From Assumption
- WILLIAM DANIEL EALYPrivate First Class · September 20, 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.