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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Elmer
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32773022
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 September 1944
Place of death
Near Wassigny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 14 33

Immediate family

Members
William Smith (father)
Viola (Blauvelt) Smith (mother)
Clara Smith (sister)
George Smith (brother)
Willam Smith (brother)
Sadie (Scalata) Smith (wife)

More information

Pfc Elmer Smith a former student at Lodi Schools entered the service in March 1943 and received his training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina before he was sent overseas in April 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen - Company's / 4ID After Action Reports, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / New Jersey Marriage Index, www.newspapers.com - The Record Hackensack New Jersey 28 September 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Record Hackensack New Jersey 28 September 1944