Inscribed
In memory of
Chase Dalton Smith
1995
- Killed that day
- April 19, 1995
- The day
- Oklahoma City
Their life
Brothers Colton Wade Smith and Chase Dalton Smith wanted to be together all the time, said their mother, Edye Smith. “They loved each other. They didn’t want to go anywhere without the other,” she said. The Oklahoma City boys died together in the bombing, shortly after Edye Smith dropped them off at the America’s Kids day-care center at the Federal Building. The boys’ father is Tony Smith. Edye Smith said the boys would be walking down the street and pass someone and Chase would quickly say, “Hi, mister. How’re you doing?” Also, Barney was their favorite television show. “They were happy. They were real free-spirited,” she said. “They were sweet.” Chase, 3, and Colton, 2, were the only children of Edye Smith. “You can never hug and kiss your child too many times,” she said.
What is held of them
Together
Chase Dalton Smith and Colton Wade Smith
What people have said 1
Chase —
I did not know you. I never heard you say, “Hi, mister. How’re you doing?” to a stranger on the street. I never saw you light up for Barney, or watch you refuse to go anywhere without Colton. Your mother said you were happy. Free-spirited. Sweet. She said you can never hug and kiss a child too many times.
You were three. You were dropped off at America’s Kids that morning and you did not come home. You are not a number on April 19th. You are a boy who loved his brother and said hello to the world as if it were already a friend.
Colton is held with you. Row 2 holds you. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Grant him eternal rest.
S. Vincent Anthony 30 September 2026