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WILLIAM DOUGLAS SMITH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 7, 1944 – November 4, 1969
Service recordWilliam Douglas Smith, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 4, 1969, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 32
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 7, 1944
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 32
- ELMER MATTHEW SHIELDSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1969
- BENNIE VORICE STEPHENS JRPrivate First Class · November 4, 1969
- JOHN DOUGLAS THRASHERSpecialist Four · November 4, 1969
- JOHN ALAN WAREStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1969
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.