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Personal info

Full name
SMIRL, Richard Boyce
Date of birth
22 June 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Caddo Mills, Hunt County, Texas
Hometown
Dallas County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38631394
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 18 22

Immediate family

Members
Walter L. Smirl (father)
Mary R. (Hellours) Smirl (mother)
Walter E. Smirl (brother)
John Smirl (brother)
Mary A. Smirl (sister)
Martha Smirl (sister)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Odom Family Tree / Texas Birth Certificates, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com
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