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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Alan Frederick
Date of birth
20 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Dimondale, Eaton County, Michigan
Hometown
Dimondale, Eaton County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36421214
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hemmerden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 16 20

Immediate family

Members
Frederick T. Smith (father)
Zetuth W. (Worden) Smith (mother)
Marion F. Smith (sister)
Lena K. Smith (sister)
Beverly J. Smith (sister)

More information

Pfc Alan F. Smith enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 21 January 1943. He joined his unit from the 48th Replacement Battalion on 14 July 1944.

He was initially buried in a temporary grave at Margraten on 4 March 1945. After being disinterred and after the cemetery was given a permanent status, he was given his final resting place on 19 January 1949.

Pfc Smith is remembered at the Dimondale Cemetery in Dimondale, Eaton County, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com – Sandra Moore, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org/heroes/serial/36421214, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, www.myheritage.nl - Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet / Sandra Moore, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - Gly Nightengale