Ray L. Smith
Military Person
Who is Ray L. Smith?
Ray L. Smith is a retired United States Marine Corps major general. Smith is a highly decorated Marine who has commanded infantry units at all levels. His awards received for service in combat during the Vietnam War include the Navy Cross, two Silver Stars, the Bronze Star, and three Purple Hearts. MajGen Smith retired from the Marine Corps in 1999 after almost 34 years of service. In 2003, after nearly four years of retirement, Smith went to Iraq with the 1st Marine Division; and penned an eyewitness account of the march from Kuwait to Baghdad — The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division.
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- Also known as
- Ray Smith
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Salve Regina University
- Naval War College
- Lived in
- Oklahoma
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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