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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Jesse Austin
Date of birth
12 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Dixon Springs, Smith County, Tennessee
Hometown
Trousdale County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34286833
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 12 9

Immediate family

Members
Floyd Smith (father)
Ivy E. (Brooks) Smith (mother)
Erstaine Smith (sister)
Nellie L. Smith (sister)
Lawrence Smith (brother)

More information

Pfc Jesse A. Smith was a farmhand before he enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 18 June 1942.

He was killed by machine gun fire that struck him by accident.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Trees / WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Eudelle Murphy