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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Norman James
Date of birth
23 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Sauquoit, Oneida County, New York
Hometown
Oneida County, New York

Military service

Service number
32047502
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 5 6

Immediate family

Members
Clarence E. Smith (father)
Nellie M. (Johnson) Smith (mother)

More information

Cpl Norman J. Smith graduated from Sauquoit Valley High School in 1937 where he played baseball.

He enlisted in Albany, New York on 25 April 1941.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.60thinfantry.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Sauquoit Valley High School, 1937, Utica Daily Press - 5 May 1945