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Personal info

Full name
SMOCK, Burdet Wesley
Date of birth
1 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Garber, Clayton County, Iowa
Hometown
Guttenberg, Clayton County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37040021
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
Cannon Company,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 8 63

Immediate family

Members
Ernest W. Smock (father)
Emma S. (Jaster) Smock (mother)
Beulah L. Smock (sister)
Bernard D. Smock (brother)
Blanche M. Smock (sister)
Bernadine L. Smock (sister)
Burnell E. Smock (brother)
Betty M. Smock (sister)
Bentley D. Smock (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Burdet W. Smock was employed by Hurdin Reiner before he enlisted on 14 February 1941.

He was awarded with a Bronze Star for his actions on 24 May 1944 in Italy.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy