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LEWIS PHILIP SMITH II
Major · U.S. Air Force
January 2, 1943 – May 30, 1968
Service recordLewis Philip Smith II, of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on May 30, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 2
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot (1053B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 29 TASS
- Born
- January 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (Centre County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 30, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- 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
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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 62W, Line 2
- PEDRO ANGEL RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT HERNDON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SINNOCKSergeant · May 30, 1968
- HERBERT DONALD SNELLPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
From Bellefonte
- AARON BUCKLEY AUMILLERSpecialist Five · May 4, 1966
- RAYMOND ARTHUR DUBBSFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1968
- DAVID JOHN ECKENRODESecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1968
- FRANCIS EDWARD DUNLAP JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 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.