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PHILIP THOMAS SMITH
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 2, 1942 – August 13, 1969
Service recordPhilip Thomas Smith, of Austin, Texas, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 13, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 34
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- October 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 34
- MARK JOHN PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- JERRY DONNIE REEDLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- NORMAN DOUGLAS SCHULTESpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.