Wayne Carleton Smith

West Point, 1949

Be Thou At Peace

Posted by Terry Powers on December 6, 2022:

Lieutenant Colonel Wayne C. Smith, Jr, loving husband and father of two children and three grandchildren, passed away at the age of 93 on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. LTC Smith was born on February 19, 1927 in Fort Benning, Georgia to Major General Wayne C. Smith, Sr. and Mildred (Little) Smith. On December 28, 1949, Smith married Elizabeth Katherine Bates in Ridgewood, New Jersey. They raised one daughter, Cecily Ann Smith-Lloyd, and one son, Wayne C. Smith, III. LTC Smith graduated from West Point Academy in 1949. He was a member of the 11th Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, became a Parachutist and Gliderman (1950), a Senior Parachutist (1954), a Jumpmaster (1955), an Army Ranger (1955), and earned his Sharpshooter badge (1963). LTC Smith served in the Korean War from 1950-1953 as Infantry Platoon Leader, Commanding Officer, and Advisor to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Military Advisory Group to the Republic of Korea Army. Smith received a Bronze Star Medal, the Korean Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for his service. In the time between the Korean War and the Vietnam War (1958-1962), LTC Smith served as Professor, U.S. Army Intelligence School, as a Nuclear Weapons Officer in Germany, and as Plans Officer, 82nd Airborne, Fort Bragg. Source: Find A Grave

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