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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, William H
Date of birth
24 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Lexington County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31362933
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Elsenborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 16 2

Immediate family

Members
James W. Smith (father)
Cleora R. (Russell) Smith (mother)
Priscilla W. Smith (sister)
Rebecca W. Smith (sister)
James W. Smith Jr. (brother)
Russell Smith (brother)

More information

Pfc William H. Smith enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 21 June 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

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

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet