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SMITH, Bruce Taylor - Date of
birth
14 July 1902 -
Age
42 - Place of
birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada -
Hometown
Fort Covington, Franklin County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-490076 -
Rank
Major -
Function
unknown -
Unit
389th Engineer General Service Regiment
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Awards
unknown
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
19 September 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Fontaine L'Eveque, Belgium
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| G | 4 | 26 |
Immediate family
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Members
Luther L. Smith (father)
Mary H. (Macfie) Smith (mother)
Robert M. Smith (brother)
Douglas Smith (brother)
Elin K. (MacArtney) Smith (wife)
Robert Smith (son)
Bruce Smith (son)
More information
Maj. Bruce T. Smith was a physician and surgeon. He had his own practice.He was killed together with Capt Morton Weinrib, while evacuating wounded out of a downed airplane when it exploded.
At that day a B-17 #42-37982 "Tremblin Gremlin" from the 545th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomber Group, returning from a mission over Hamm, Germany, crashed in the vicinity of Binche-Charleroi.
The Regimental HQ of the 389th Engineer General Service Regiment was located in the vicinity of Fontaine L'Eveque.
The Regiment was reinstalling the railway between Maubeuge, Mons, Charleroi, Belgium.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Social Security Death Index / Family Trees, http://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks - McGill University Medical College 1925