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NORRIS RAY SMITH
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 2, 1921 – September 6, 1967
Service recordNorris Ray Smith, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 6, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 17
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 2, 1921
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 17
- ROBERT LEE SADLERLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- RICHARD EARL SERWINOWSKICorporal · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT EARL SHIELDSCorporal · September 6, 1967
- J D SINGLETONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.