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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Daniel Thomason
Date of birth
31 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina
Hometown
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34869647
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grossheubach, Miltenberg, Röllbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 27 36

Immediate family

Members
Colonel J. Smith (father)
Mabel C. Smith (mother)
Betty J. Smith (sister)
Colonel J. Smith (brother)
Geneva (Ashe) Smith (wife)
Winona Smith (daughter)
Michael Smith (son)

More information

Pvt Daniel T. Smith graduated from James A. Gray High School in 1936. He was employed at the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia.

He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 29 July 1944 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

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 - Len/Cindy, http://newspapers.digitalnc.org - The Sylva Herald