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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Edward Patrick
Date of birth
7 August 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32248172
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
Wolfsberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 6 12

Immediate family

Members
Helen (Prusko) Smith (wife)

More information

Pfc Edward P. Smith attended high school for four years and was a checker before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 10 March 1942.
He was taken prisoner and died in Stalag XVIII-A.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / WWII Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards for Young Men, The Jersey Journal - 7 March 1945

Photo source: - www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam, The Jersey Journal - 7 March 1945