Jack Prescott Smith

Jack Prescott Smith, as an ABC correspondent, received Peabody and Emmy awards for his coverage of technology; he died of pancreatic cancer in Marin County, California, days before what would have been his 59th birthday.

Private First Class Jack P Smith saw horrific combat while serving with the Army’s 7th Cavalry in November 1965 during one of the first battles pitting US troops against NVA forces. He described those experiences in a 1967 Saturday Evening Post article.

http://medicinthegreentime.com/death-in-the-ia-drang-valley/

Smith held a bachelor's degree from Carnegie-Mellon University and a master's degree from Oxford. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jpsmith.htm