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MYRON FRANCIS SMITH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
April 7, 1943 – December 17, 1967
Service recordMyron Francis Smith, of Mcalester, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 16
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- April 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Mcalester, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 16
- MARION BERNARD WEARINGCorporal · December 17, 1967
- GUADALUPE NATAL ZUNIGACorporal · December 17, 1967
- DOYLE LYNN BELLLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- JAMES D BLANDENSpecialist Five · December 18, 1967
From Mcalester
- DONALD BOYD SMITHSergeant · August 28, 1966
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- BENNY DALE BESSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD DEERINWATERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JOHN BONAT STIZZAMajor · January 21, 1970
- JOSHUA ELI CARNEYStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
- FRANKIE GUY BAKERPrivate · March 5, 1971
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.