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MICHAEL ARTHUR SMOGER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 13, 1946 – May 24, 1968
Service recordMichael Arthur Smoger, of Two Harbors, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 69E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69E · 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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Two Harbors, Minnesota (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 69E, Line 2
- GERMAN ANTONIO SANTIAGOStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1968
- HERBERT ELLIS SCHMIDTSergeant · May 24, 1968
- JAMES LEE SHANKSMajor · May 24, 1968
- RONALD JAMES SHEWMANLance Corporal · May 24, 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.