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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, C W
Date of birth
20 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Henrietta, Clay County, Texas
Hometown
LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
34235704
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 12 55

Immediate family

Members
Robert A. Smith (father)
Ida M. Smith (mother)
Ora Smith (sister)
Raymond E. Smith (brother)
William B. Smith (brother)
Grace Smith (brother)
Dora M. Smith (sister)
Weldon R. Smith (brother)
Alvis V. Smith (brother)
Elva M. Smith (sister)
Carl H. Smith (brother)
Don E. Smith (brother)
Juanita A. Smith (sister)

More information

Pfc C. W. Smith enlisted at Fort Lauderdale, Florida on 14 March 1942.

The picture was taken in high school in 1938.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/80/80_honor.html, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Claudia Lomana Britten - Pampa High School - courtesy of Kathy McDermott