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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, James Virgil
Date of birth
18 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama
Hometown
Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34971039
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Near Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 45 11

Immediate family

Members
James L. Smith (father)
Margie E. (Troxell) Smith (mother)
Ethel Smith (sister)
William L. Smith (brother)
Lula F. Smith (sister)

More information

Pvt James V. Smith graduated from Stevenson High School.

He enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia on 23 February 1944. He died of wounds received on 16 December 1944.
Pvt Smith was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / Families of Marion County, Tennessee / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Joy
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, Chattanooga Daily Times - 17 March 1945