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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Gilbert Leroy
Date of birth
18 November 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Barron County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Chetek, Barron County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
39215855
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nayemont-Les-Fosses, Ban-de-Sapt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 21 28

Immediate family

Members
Clarence E. Smith (father)
Cora B. (Rick) Smith (mother)
Virgil G. Smith (brother)
Floyd H. Smith (brother)
Edna C. Smith (sister)
Charles E. Smith (brother)
Chris C. Smith (half-brother)
Susan E. Smith (half-sister)
Grace Smith (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Gilbert L. Smith was employed with the Works Progress Administration Government project (WPA).

He died of wounds to his thorax caused by an explosion of a landmine.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy