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RODNEY HOWE SMITH
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
August 2, 1931 – June 3, 1967
Service recordRodney Howe Smith, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1931
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 53
- JORGE SOSAPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- THEODORE SPRINGSTON JRColonel · June 3, 1967
- MILLARD LEON TREADWELL JRMajor · June 3, 1967
- CURTIS LLEWELLYN TREMAINEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDMUND GARDNER EXUM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 44
- JOSEPH M KIERNAN JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 21E, Line 48
- ALLEN TRUMAN NEWMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21E, Line 50
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · Panel 21E, Line 51
- MILLARD LEON TREADWELL JRMajor · Panel 21E, Line 53
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.