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WILLIAM WARD SMITH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 15, 1934 – July 23, 1966
Service recordWilliam Ward Smith, of Searcy, Arkansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 23, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 64
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 505 TCT SQ
- Born
- January 15, 1934
- Home of record
- Searcy, Arkansas (White County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 9E, Line 64
- GENE THOMAS PEMBERTONColonel · July 23, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS VOHSCorporal · July 23, 1966
- ORVILLE D WELLSCorporal · July 23, 1966
- WILLIE WOODSON WILKERSONMaster Sergeant · July 23, 1966
From Searcy
- OTIS LAMONT PHILLIPSCorporal · February 4, 1968
- JESSE J CUNNINGHAM JRCorporal · June 24, 1968
- MICHEL KENT SUBLETTCorporal · September 25, 1968
- WILBUR DALE LATIMERCaptain · January 19, 1971
- LAWRENCE CHARLES DEANChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 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.