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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Charles A
Date of birth
18 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Langdale, Chambers County, Alabama
Hometown
Chambers County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34100908
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vossenack, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 13 34

Immediate family

Members
Sam Smith (father)
Addie Smith (mother)
Louise Smith (sister)
Ruth Smith (sister)
Jewell Smith (sister)
Valarie Smith (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Charles A. Smith enlisted in Fort McClellan, Alabama on 8 April 1941.

He attended public school in Langdale and was employed by the Langdale Mill before entering service.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII, 1950-1966, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/USA-SS-Three-III-1.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jac Engels, Crayton Smith