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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Freddie R
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Mason County, West Virginia
Hometown
Mason County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35201858
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
327th Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 12 31

Immediate family

Members
Albert R. Smith (father)
Martha V. (Blair) Smith (mother)
Bertha D. Smith (sister)
Rhoda E. Smith (sister)
Harold E. Smith (brother)
James G. Smith (brother)
Cecil H. Smith (brother)
Doris A. Smith (sister)
Randolph Smith (brother)
Edna J. Smith (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Freddy R. Smith enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia, on 26 February 1941.
He attended high school for 3 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sharon’s world and beyond, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy