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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Halcott Lee
Date of birth
2 April 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Bowling Green, Hardee County, Florida
Hometown
Wauchula, Hardee County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34200272
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 19 10

Immediate family

Members
Hoyt L. Smith (father)
Anna M. Smith (mother)
Myranel Smith (sister)
Linton Smith (brother)
Robert Smith (brother)
Gertie N. Smith (sister)
Barbara A. Smith (sister)

More information

Pvt Halcott L. Smith enlisted at Camp Blanding, Florida on 10 January 1942.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek near Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Herald Advocate - 3 September 2009