AIR COMMANDO 2 Smith, Norris Ray

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Smith ​

• FORENAME

Norris Ray ​

• UNIT

21 Tactical Air Support Squadron (504 T.A.S. Group)​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

51826​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th September 1967 ​

• AGE

46 ​

• GRAVESITE

Elmwood Cemetery,Birmingham,Shelby County,Alabama​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Birmingham,Alabama​

born 2.9.1921​

married​

26 years service​

US Army (National Guard ?) 1938-40​

USAAF 1942​

310 Bombardment Wing 1950-52​

Strategic Air Command (Strategic Air Combat Ops Staff) 1965-67​

14 Air Commando Squadron 1967​

Direct Air Support Center,Nha Trang Air Base (21 TASS) 1967​

awards D.F.C.,Air medal with 4 oak leaf clusters,Air Force Commendation Medal​

pilot (Forward Air Controller)​

O-1F (57-2978)​

killed in air crash (non hostile) Pleiku Province,South Vietnam ​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 26E Line 17 ​

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