SMITH, WAYNE OGDEN

Name:Wayne Ogden Smith
Rank/Branch: United States Air Force/O2
Unit: 435th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Date of Birth: 10 August 1943
Home City of Record: Largo FL
Date of Loss: 18 January 1968
Country of Loss:  North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 211800 North  1061200 East
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F4D
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
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Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. 2023

REMARKS: 730314 RELEASED BY DRV

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Wayne and his family currently reside in Florida.
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Posted on: Monday, 31 July 2006, 03:00 CDT

'Hanoi Hilton' Memories: EX-POW RECOUNTS CODE THAT KEPT PRISONERS' SPIRITS
HIGH
By Greg Kocher, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.

Jul. 31--The numbers and alphabet that Wayne Ogden Smith learned as a
student in Richmond became instrumental in keeping his sanity during five
years and two months as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam.......

Reach Greg Kocher in the Nicholasville bureau at (859) 885-5775 or
gkocher1@herald-leader.com [mailto:gkocher1@herald-leader.com].

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