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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Charles Francis
Date of birth
29 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Jefferson County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35705816
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 16 34

Immediate family

Members
Charles F. Smith (father)
Edna (Koopman) Smith (mother)
Walter K. Smith (brother)

More information

Pvt Charles F. Smith attended Louisville Male High School.

He enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 6 July 1943.

He was wounded on 8 August 1944 in France and was hospitalized in England.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - History of the 121st Infantry Regiment, After Action Report, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Courier-Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Louisville Male High School Yearbook 1943