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Personal info

Full name
SMITHERMAN, Claudie
Date of birth
28 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Randolph, Bibb County, Alabama
Hometown
Bibb County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34165526
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 7

Immediate family

Members
Andy Smitherman (father)
Kate Smitherman (mother)
John Smitherman (brother)
Naomia Smitherman (sister)
James D. Smitherman (brother)
Dessie M. Smitherman (wife)

More information

Cpl Claudie Smitherman enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 13 January 1942.
He worked on a sawmill before he enlisted.
Cpl Claudie Smitherman was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henrie-Chapelle, Belgium Block B4, Row 1, Grave 16.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Alabama, WWII Military Dead and Wounded / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet