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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Milton Francis Smith.

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MILTON FRANCIS SMITH

Captain · U.S. Army

July 22, 1941 – November 11, 1966

Service record

Milton Francis Smith, of Dania, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 12E · Line 56

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Occupation
Air Observation Pilot (1981)
Unit (as recorded)
170 AVN CO 1 AVN BN
Born
July 22, 1941
Home of record
Dania, Florida (Broward County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 11, 1966
Age
25
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Dania

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.