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SMITHHART, James Duane - Date of
birth
26 May 1909 -
Age
35 - Place of
birth
Sigourney, Keokuk County, Iowa -
Hometown
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
37692395 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
334th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
2 December 1944 - Place of
death
Leiffarth, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
James H. Smithhart (father)
Sarah A. (Wood) Smithhart (mother)
Marvel E. Smithhart (sister)
Alice L. Smithhart (sister)
Dorothy Smithhart (sister)
Hildred F. Smithhart (sister)
Dwight Smithhart (brother)
Churdine Smithhart (sister)
Edith L. (Clark) Smithhart (wife)
Robert D. Smithhart (son)
More information
Pvt James D. Smithhart enlisted at Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 20 March 1944.
Source of information: André Koch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1910/1930 Census / Wood Family Tree / Iowa, Marriage Records / WWII Bonus Case File
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com - Cindi Smithhart Ramaeker (granddaughter)