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Personal info

Full name
SMORADO, Mike J
Date of birth
12 May 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Moweaqua, Shelby County, Illinois
Hometown
South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35175672
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
335th Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Beeck, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 6 2

Immediate family

Members
Louis Smorado (father)
Adolphina (Herrick) Smorado (mother)
Latsi A. Smorado (brother)
John J. Smorado (brother)

More information

Pvt Mike J. Smorado was a chauffeur with the Northern Indiana Transit Company.

He joined the Regular Army in January 1940 and was discharged a year later when the law releasing those in the service over 28 years of age was put into effect. He reenlisted in December 1941 and was sent overseas in September 1944.

At the time of his death, his brother Latsie was serving in the Philippines.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review, The South Bend Tribune - 13 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The South Bend Tribune - 13 December 1944