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WARREN PARKER SMITH JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
December 13, 1929 – June 22, 1966
Service recordWarren Parker Smith JR, of Pasadena, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 22, 1966, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1035Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 23 TASS
- Born
- December 13, 1929
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 22, 1966
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1966. In June 1966, 595 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 8E, Line 77
- GARY HENDERSON ROGERSLance Corporal · June 22, 1966
- SYLVESTER ANTONY SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- RUDOLPH CARL SELENKA JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
- BILLY EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
From Pasadena
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- LEROY CASE HOTCHKISS IIIPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- BOBBY JOE BONINSergeant · October 25, 1967
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.