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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Harold E
Date of birth
21 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas
Hometown
Randolph County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38602940
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Pingsheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 2 36

Immediate family

Members
James H. Smith (father)
Ernestine (Sutton) Smith (mother)
Isabelle Smith (sister)
Frank J. Smith (brother)
Helen J. Smith (sister)
Theodore H. Smith (brother)
Linda K. Smith (sister)

More information

Sgt Harold E. Smith enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 15 January 1944.

He was a chauffeur before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle Block XXX, Row 1, Grave 8.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Sebeniecker-Petersen Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - rsebeniecker