A memorial service for retired Col. Jack Coldwell Smith, 71, of Salado will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Temple Bible Church with the Rev. Gary DeSalvo officiating.

Interment will be in the U.S. Army Military Academy Cemetery in West Point, N.Y.

Mr. Smith died Monday, Oct. 15 at a Temple nursing home.

He was born in Temple to Jack and Anne White Smith. He was the grandson of the late Dr. and Mrs. Raleigh R. White Jr. of Temple. He was reared in Corpus Christi and graduated from the Texas Military Institute in San Antonio in 1954. He received a bachelors degree from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point in 1959. He began his military career after graduation from West Point, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry. He completed airborne and ranger training at Fort Benning, Ga., and was assigned as a platoon leader in the 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, where he was awarded the Silver Star. Following graduation in an advanced course at Fort Benning, he served as company commander of the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky. From 1965-1966, he was an adviser to the Vietnamese Infantry Battalion and was awarded two Bronze Medals, one with V device. In 1967, he attended Middlebury College and received a master’s degree. He taught Spanish at West Point in the modern languages department, specializing in Spanish. He attended New York University 1969-1970 for advanced studies in Latin American affairs. In 1971, he attended the Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Following that assignment, he served as operations officer in the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea. His extensive experience in Latin America included formulating policy regarding Latin American political-military affairs. He was also assigned to the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff where he continued to formulate policy initiatives regarding U.S. national security interests in Latin America. He was assigned to Buenos Aires, Argentina, as the principal U.S. Army Attaché 1981-1985. He was instrumental in the 1982 negotiations which ended the Falkland Islands Conflict between the United Kingdom and Argentina as well as the repatriation of prisoners of war from that conflict. He retired to Texas in 1987 and represented United Services Life Insurance Company helping military families manage their insurance affairs. He volunteered with Churches Touching Lives for Christ and was a member of Temple Bible Church.

Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Gail Dorothy Smith of Salado; three sons, Dr. Jack C. Smith III of Lubbock, Dr. Donald M. Smith of Falmouth, Mass., and Douglas C. Smith of Seattle; one daughter, Amy Ann White Pickett of Paradise Valley, Ariz.; and nine grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the National Parkinson’s Foundation or to the charity of choice.

Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple is in charge of arrangements.