Vietnam War
Unit | Support Battalion, 1st Marine Division |
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Rank | Lance Corporal U.S. Marine Corps |
Entered Service From | Attica New York |
Date of Death | May 1 1967 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Lance Corporal Smith was a member of Company B, Support Battalion, 1st Marine Division. On May 1, 1967, he was being medically evacuated in a Boeing Sea Knight Cargo Helicopter (CH-46A) when it crashed at sea near South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.