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PHILIP CORY SMITH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 1, 1944 – March 29, 1966
Service recordPhilip Cory Smith, of Belleville, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 60
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- June 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Belleville, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 60
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERRERASergeant · March 29, 1966
- RONALD CHARLES LOGANAirman First Class · March 29, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
From Belleville
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DENNYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- WILLIAM HOWARD THOMPSONFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1967
- JOSEPH DUNN WYLIE IIIPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD NEUMEYERAirman · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD IRWINSpecialist Five · August 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE GRASSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1967
- GLENN R EISENHOURSecond Lieutenant · November 13, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · April 28, 1968
- TERRY PENSONEAUSecond Lieutenant · December 16, 1968
- RONALD EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
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.