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PHILIP EDWIN SMITH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 24, 1949 – January 17, 1970
Service recordPhilip Edwin Smith JR, of Waldport, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1970, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Waldport, Oregon (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 41
- OTTO JOHN OSTENFELDCorporal · January 17, 1970
- DONALD PAUL SLOATSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
- JAMES LEO THONENCorporal · January 17, 1970
- LYNWOOD KEETON THORNTONPrivate First Class · January 17, 1970
From Waldport
- JACK LEROY GOODWINSpecialist Five · March 10, 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.