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RAYMOND EUGENE SMOOT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 24, 1945 – November 18, 1966
Service recordRaymond Eugene Smoot, of Boise City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 85
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Boise City, Oklahoma (Cimarron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 85
- JAMES WILLIS LEACHChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- DONALD P SMITHSergeant · November 18, 1966
- FREDERICK PEARCE VICTORIAFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARL BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 84
- MICHAEL GENE ISELYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 84
- BILLY JOE WAYMIREChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 12E, Line 86
From Boise City
- BEN K MCBRIDEPrivate First Class · October 25, 1965
- CURTIS ADRON STEPHENSSergeant First Class · July 7, 1969
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.