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SCOTT PHILIP SMITH
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 30, 1947 – September 17, 1969
Service recordScott Philip Smith, of Chelsea, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 106
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- May 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Chelsea, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 106
- THEODORE VAN SKILESWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD ATWOOD SNOWDONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM STARKEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1969
- ERICH LINWOOD TIDWELLPrivate · September 17, 1969
From Chelsea
- RONALD LEE KOCHPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD KUSHMAUL JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 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.