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HONORED ON PANEL 6E, LINE 60 OF THE WALL
PHILIP CORY SMITH
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PHILIP C SMITH
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LEFT FOR PHILIP CORY SMITH
POSTED ON 12.4.2023
POSTED BY: john fabris
honoring you.....
There is a place
Not far from here
Where spirits walk
And heroes live
And honor still resides.
It is a wall
With names inscribed
Of those who served
When they were asked...
The brothers of my youth.
I go there still
To walk and think
About my life,
And what I've done since
And things that might have been.
There is a debt
I can't repay
Too many lives were spent.
And one man's life cannot suffice
To make their deaths worthwhile.
But there is hope
In the memory
Of those we leave behind
Who know the price that freedom brings
Who can carry on in kind.
I send you now
To touch a name
So the vision can be passed
Remember there is honor still
It is for you to see it lasts.
They are not dead
And have a wish
As all old soldiers do
The reflection you see before you now
Is their wish to live in you.
Not far from here
Where spirits walk
And heroes live
And honor still resides.
It is a wall
With names inscribed
Of those who served
When they were asked...
The brothers of my youth.
I go there still
To walk and think
About my life,
And what I've done since
And things that might have been.
There is a debt
I can't repay
Too many lives were spent.
And one man's life cannot suffice
To make their deaths worthwhile.
But there is hope
In the memory
Of those we leave behind
Who know the price that freedom brings
Who can carry on in kind.
I send you now
To touch a name
So the vision can be passed
Remember there is honor still
It is for you to see it lasts.
They are not dead
And have a wish
As all old soldiers do
The reflection you see before you now
Is their wish to live in you.
POSTED ON 3.27.2022
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik
Thank You
Dear WO Philip Smith, Thank you for your service as an Utility & Light Cargo Single Rotor Helicopter Pilot. Your 56th anniversary is in 2 days, sad. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Spring has begun, and it's Lent. Time moves quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.
POSTED ON 3.29.2020
POSTED BY: A Grateful Vietnam Veteran
Distinguished Flying Cross Award
Warrant Officer Philip C Smith was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism and extraordinary achievement while engaged in aerial flight. He served as a Helicopter Pilot and was assigned to the 155th Aviation Co, 52nd Aviation Bn, 17th Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade.
See http://www.virtualwall.org/ds/SmithPC01a.htm
See also coffeltdatabase.org/detreq2.php
See http://www.virtualwall.org/ds/SmithPC01a.htm
See also coffeltdatabase.org/detreq2.php
POSTED ON 7.5.2019
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Ground Casualty
WO Raymond L. Ford and WO Phillip C. Smith were pilots serving with the 155th Assault Helicopter Company. On March 29, 1966, they landed their helicopter near Bu Prang in Quang Duc Province, RVN, and exited the aircraft. They reportedly wandered into an old French minefield and efforts to rescue the two pilots failed. Both were fatally injured when they accidently detonated anti-personnel mines. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and History of the 155th Aviation Company, January 1 – December 31, 1966, at mason.gmu.edu]
POSTED ON 5.5.2017
POSTED BY: William Schottel
Phi Smith Hero
This passage was written by Gerald Nieman in the Belleville Township High school 1963 Classmates profile Website. The photo of Philip is his High School Graduation Photo