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MONT STEVE SMOOT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1949 – June 1, 1972
Service recordMont Steve Smoot, of Mt Airy, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Mt Airy, North Carolina (Surry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 34
- BARTLEY ALLEN WALLACESergeant First Class · May 31, 1972
- JOE WOFFORD EUBANKSCaptain · June 2, 1972
- FREDERICK N SUTTLE JRCaptain · June 2, 1972
- HAROLD DANA JONESMajor · June 3, 1972
From Mt Airy
- JAMES RAWLEY JONESCaptain · June 17, 1967
- GARY DALE HICKSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- HARLAN KENNETH GAMMONS JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
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.