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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Clarence Edward
Date of birth
23 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33897045
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 17 47

Immediate family

Members
Roy D. Smith (father)
Carrie E. (Row) Smith (mother)
John R. Smith (brother)
Eldon Smith (brother)
Andrew Smith (brother)

More information

Sgt Clarence E. Smith attended Gwynns Falls High School and was employed as a cabinet maker by Montgomery Ward.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 5 October 1943 and was sent overseas in March.

Source of information: Andrew R. Smith Jr. (nephew), Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Leary Family Information / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Evening Sun

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Andrew R. Smith Jr., www.newspapers.com - The Evening Sun