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STANLEY BRUCE SMITH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 9, 1946 – March 10, 1968
Service recordStanley Bruce Smith, of Washington, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 11
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 11
- ROBERT RERASergeant · March 10, 1968
- SCOTT CAMERON ROGERSPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- JESSE ELLISON SCAVELLA JRSergeant · March 10, 1968
- FRANCIS XAVIER TURBERTSergeant · March 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAN LEON HERDEBUSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 8
From Washington
- JOHN THOMAS NELSONPetty Officer Second Class · October 27, 1967
- JAMES LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- MICHAEL LEIGH STACYWarrant Officer 1 · March 15, 1969
- TERRY DWIGHT MOORESpecialist Four · March 26, 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.