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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Darwin Prentice
Date of birth
19 June 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Gibson County, Indiana
Hometown
Griffin, Posey County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35717104
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 42 9

Immediate family

Members
Mackie M. Smith (father)
Edna Smith (mother)
Janice Smith (sister)
Imogean Smith (sister)
Margret Smith (sister)
Mackie M. Smith Jr. (brother)
Laverne Smith (sister)
Franklin D. Smith (brother)
Eugene Smith (brother)

More information

Pfc Darwin P. Smith enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 11 November 1942. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - courtesy of Kathy McDermott