SMITH PAUL WESLEY

Name: CW2 Paul Wesley Smith (posthumously promoted)
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 05/05/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 36.6
Date of Birth: 09/18/1931
Home City: Oroville, CA
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Major organization: other
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 55E-031
Short Summary: Ground casualty
Service number: W2213979
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 972A = Area Intelligence Technician
Primary cause: Need to Verify
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Started Tour: 09/05/1965
"Official" listing: ground casualty
Length of service: 16
Location: Gia Dinh Province III Corps.
Reason: gunshot or small arms fire
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Methodist (Evangelical United Brethren)
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 02/21/1994

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Date posted on this site: 09/07/2007