William Mark Smith |
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Died In Captivity - 1970
SUMMARY
SYNOPSIS: PFC William M. Smith was a rifleman from Company B, 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry, 4th Infantry Division. On March 3, 1969, his unit was located in Kontum Province, South Vietnam about 25 miles east of the city of Kontum. Elements of the 4th Infantry Division were on their way to rejoin the main body when Smith fell down an embankment.
Members of the column in which Smith was located went down to find him, but before
In 1973, 591 American prisoners were released from communist prison camps and two
Several other returnees reported in their debriefings that Smith was being taken by a It has long been believed that the Vietnamese have much more information relating to those Americans who were killed and left behind than they have given the U.S. In fact, credible Congressional testimony indicates that the Vietnamese have American remains "stockpiled" to be returned at politically strategic intervals.
The same Congressional witness stated that he knew of live American POWs still in
Vietnam after the war was over. This information is not considered credible. It is one
Alarmingly, the number of total reports received is nearly 10,000, and less than 20% of
them have been proven false. The balance have been accurate, although many of them
relate to Americans already accounted for. Further, the reports continue to come in, and
many are convinced that hundreds of Americans still remain in enemy hands. It's time |