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RONALD OWEN SMILEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 5, 1946 – May 10, 1970
Service recordRonald Owen Smiley, of Bethel, Maine, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 15
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Bethel, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 15
- ANDREW C MCCARTNEYSergeant · April 10, 1970
- ESTILL R MCINTOSHSergeant First Class · May 10, 1970
- LESLIE HALASZ SABO JRSergeant · May 10, 1970
- PHILLIP NICHOLAS SCHMITZFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE NEIL DEBOERSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 11
- JAMES EDWARD DEBREWCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 11
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HARMS JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 12
- THOMAS BRUCE MERRIMANSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 13
- ERNEST LAWRENCE MOORESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 14
- LESLIE HALASZ SABO JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 15
- DONALD WOODROW SMITHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 16
- LESLIE JOE WILBANKSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 16
From Bethel
- CARL RUSSELL CHURCHILLCaptain · May 3, 1970
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.