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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Jesse Lee
Date of birth
3 November 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Anderson County, South Carolina
Hometown
Greenville County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34892521
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
Schmidt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 13 31

Immediate family

Members
Mary E. (Murr) Smith (wife)
Donald E. Smith (son)
Shirley F. Smith (daughter)
Calvin L. Smith (son)

More information

Pfc Jesse L. Smith enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 29 September 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, Tammy Franklin (great niece), www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com,
www.archives.gov –WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Hall/Bibble & Murr/Wilde Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/USA-SS-Three-III-2.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet