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VERNON KENNETH SMOLIK JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 13, 1943 – July 7, 1970
Service recordVernon Kenneth Smolik JR, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Executive Administrative Assistant (71C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1970; seven of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 129
- KENNETH NEAL REBERPrivate First Class · July 7, 1970
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · July 7, 1970
- ROBERT F WOODHOUSE JRCaptain · July 7, 1970
- STANLEY JOE CRUSESergeant · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM CASEYMajor General · Panel 9W, Line 126
- WILLIAM LEE CHRISTENSONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 126
- KENNETH WILLIAM COOPERSergeant Major · Panel 9W, Line 126
- RONALD FRANCIS FULLERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 126
- JOHN A HOTTELL IIIMajor · Panel 9W, Line 128
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MICHELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 128
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.