Service Photo |
Service Details |
|
|
|
|
Last Photo |
Personal Details
|
|
|
Home State
 South Carolina | |
|
Year of Birth 1934 |
|
This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Sgt Stephen Willcox-Deceased
to remember
Smyly, Duncan Padgett ("Dunc"), Maj.
If you knew or served with this Airman and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
|
|
Casualty Info
|
Home Town Ruffin |
Last Address Bien Hoa AB
|
|
Casualty Date Nov 19, 1967 |
|
Cause Hostile, Died |
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land |
Location Vietnam, South (Vietnam) |
Conflict Vietnam War |
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington, Virginia |
Wall/Plot Coordinates 30E 034 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last Known Activity "Enemy retaliation against the 'Buzzards' caused a loss of one aircraft and its pilot, Captain Duncan P. Smyly. On November 11, 1967, Major Duncan P. Smyly and Lt. Kirk Brimmer were scrambled off the alert pad to support friendly troops in contact with the enemy. Captain Smyly was on a napalm pass when his aircraft was hit by enemy fire. His attempted ejection was unsuccessful."
Source: http://www.510fs.org
F-100D Serial Number: 56-3040, shot down near Loc Ninh during a CAS Mission
Source: Hopka, Rich (Historian)
|
|
Comments/Citation "Name: Duncan Padgett Smyly
Birth Date: 13 May 1934
Death Date: 19 Nov 1967
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Home City: Ruffin
Home State: South Carolina
Religion: Methodist (also Evangelical United Brethren)
Marital Status: Married
SSN/Service #: (Note: deleted for the purposes of this profile)
Death Date: 19 Nov 1967
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Casualty Type: Hostile-Killed
Casualty Reason: Aircraft Loss/Crash not at sea
Casualty Air: Fixed Wing Air Casualty-Pilot
Body Status: Body Recovered
Service Branch: Department of the Air Force
Component: Regular
Military Grade: Major
Pay Grade: Captain
Province: Military Region 3 - Binh Long
Length of Service: 10
Data Source (Original): Combat Area Casualties Current File"
Source: Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998, Ancestry.com
Additional Information from http://www.footnote.com:
Tour Start (Vietnam): 1967-01-18
Air Wing: 3rd TFW
Major Co: 7th AF
Squadron: 510th TFS
Years Service: 10
|
|
|
|