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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Lewis Baxter
Date of birth
23 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Hometown
Canton, Haywood County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34894577
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 12 61

Immediate family

Members
Hiram Smith (father)
Sallie L. (Cook) Smith (mother)
Virgie S. (Holbert) Smith (wife)
Patricia S. Smith (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Lewis B. Smith was a sales clerk before he enlisted in Camp Croft, South Carolina on 9 November 1943.

His name in mentioned on the WWII Memorial in Canton, North Carolina.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Sheree Dowdle, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / North Carolina, Birth Index / WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / David W. Pressley