Perry Smith
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Perry Smith is the name of:
- Perry Smith (driver), see 1951 in NASCAR1951 in NASCARThe 1951 NASCAR Grand National season was the third season of professional stock car racing in the United States. Beginning at the Daytona Beach Road Course on February 5, 1951, the season included forty-one races. The season concluded with the at New Mobile Speedway on November 25...
- Perry Smith (American football) (born 1951), NFL defensive back
- Perry Smith (Major General), Air Force Major General who fought in Operation TailwindOperation TailwindOperation Tailwind was a covert incursion into southeastern Laos during the Vietnam War, conducted between 11 September and 13 September 1970. The purpose of the operation was to create a diversion for a Royal Lao Army offensive and to exert pressure on the occupation forces of the People's Army...
in the Vietnam War, and was military analyst for CNN - Perry Smith (murderer)Perry Smith (murderer)Perry Edward Smith was one of two ex-convicts who murdered four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, United States on November 15, 1959, a crime made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.-Family and early life:Perry Edward Smith was born in Huntington,...
(1928–1965), murderer depicted in the book In Cold Blood - Perry Smith (politician) (1783–1852), American congressman