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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, James A
Date of birth
20 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lake Placid, Essex County, New York
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15322872
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 19 13

Immediate family

Members
James L. Smith (father)
Jean F. Smith (wife)

More information

T/5 James A. Smith enlisted in Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio on 3 October 1942.
He was the only child of Manager James Louis Smith of the Mayflower hotel and Mrs. Smith. He was a graduate of Cleveland public schools and of Park Military academy in Chicago.
He had only recently been transferred from the quartermaster corps to an infantry division.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal