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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Doyne Elliot
Date of birth
27 January 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Caruttersville, Pemiscot County, Missouri
Hometown
Washington DC, District Of Columbia

Military service

Service number
33001739
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, East of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 21 27

Immediate family

Members
Verner F. Smith (father)
Ruth I. (Sides) Smith (mother)
Ursala Lee Smith (stepmother)
Mary B. Smith (sister)
Clyde McElvane (stepbrother)
Herbert McElvane (stepbrother)

More information

Pvt Doyne E. Smith attended high school for three years and was was a waiter.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 29 April 1941. He was sent overseas in August 1942.

He was first buried at Block MM, Row 6, Grave 144.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, 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, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, Greensboro Daily News, N.C - 8 May 1945, WWII Draft Card, 1920 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Greensboro Daily News, N.C - 8 May 1945