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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Alfred
Date of birth
21 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Brodhead, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Hometown
Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35119970
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 December 1944
Place of death
Strass, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 15 4

Immediate family

Members
William R. Smith (father)
Fannie E. (Brummett) Smith (mother)
Virgil Smith (brother)
Vivian Smith (sister)
Alvin Smith (twin brother)
Marie Smith (sister)
John Smith (brother)
Millard Smith (brother)
Albert Smith (brother)
Delmar Smith (brother)

More information

Pfc Alfred Smith was a welder.

He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky on 11 March 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kentucky Birth Index / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Public Member Photos