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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Zora
Date of birth
19 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Casey County, Kentucky
Hometown
Pulaski County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35798614
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 September 1944
Place of death
Near Maubeuge, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 32 15

Immediate family

Members
Quincy C. Smith (father)
Ella J. (Dick) Smith (mother)
Ora Smith (brother)
Odon Smith (brother)
Bonnie L. Smith (sister)
Sala B. Smith (sister)
Junior C. Smith (brother)
Victory Smith (brother)
Windola Smith (sister)
George Smith (brother)
Laverne M. Smith (sister)
Bobby Smith (brother)
Myrtle A. Smith (wife)

More information

Pvt Zora Smith worked on a farm before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 8 April 1943.

He 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 / Kentucky Birth Index, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy