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STANLEY KUTZ SMILEY
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
January 31, 1939 – July 20, 1969
Service recordStanley Kutz Smiley, of Sidney, Nebraska, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 20, 1969, in Laos, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 23 USS ORISKANY CVA 34
- Born
- January 31, 1939
- Home of record
- Sidney, Nebraska (Cheyenne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 27
- GEOFFREY STEPHEN SMITHPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- LEE TRYON JRCorporal · July 20, 1969
- JOHN ERNEST ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1969
- NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIECorporal · July 21, 1969
From Sidney
- PAUL GERALD MAGERSFirst Lieutenant · June 1, 1971
- RAYMOND F ANTHONY JRLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1972
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.