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MURRAY LAWRENCE SMITH
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 23, 1933 – December 21, 1967
Service recordMurray Lawrence Smith, of Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 21, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 40
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
- Regular
- Born
- May 23, 1933
- Home of record
- Hampton Beach, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 40
- GLENN HAROLD SIMMONSCorporal · December 21, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE SMEDLEYCorporal · December 21, 1967
- DONALD LAVERN SMITHStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1967
- CHARLES FINNEY SORROW JRCorporal · December 21, 1967
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.