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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, David R
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
15335859
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 February 1945
Place of death
Near Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 26 31

Immediate family

Members
Thomas H. Smith (father)
Sarah E. (Sumpter) Smith (mother)
Margarite Smith (sister)
William A. Smith (brother)
Thomas H. Smith Jr. (brother)

More information

Pfc David R. Smith volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 19 November 1942.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his buttock and hip.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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