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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Cletis Elvis
Date of birth
10 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Karnak, Pulaski County, Illinois
Hometown
Kane County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36698934
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 October 1944
Place of death
Near Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 8 45

Immediate family

Members
Marjorie L. Smith (wife)

More information

Pvt Cletis E. Smith is remembered at the River Hills Memorial Park, Batavia, Kane County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet / Mike, Record of Aurora in World War II - by Judge J. W Greenaway