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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Ray Clifford Jr
Date of birth
17 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Berlin, Coos County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31034334
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
Near Langerwehe, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 4 2

Immediate family

Members
Ray C. Smith Sr. (father)
Edith J. (Lott) Smith (mother)
Linda E. Smith (sister)
Hope J. Smith (sister)

More information

Pfc Ray C. Smith Jr. graduated from Newton High School.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 30 June 1941.

Pfc Smith was killed while carrying a wounded officer to safety in the midst of gunfire. The officer he rescued survived. For this action he was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Newton High School - 1937, www.pbs.org/national-memorial-day-concert/remembrances/world-war-ii/