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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Harold L
Date of birth
15 March 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Yamhill, Yamhill County, Oregon
Hometown
Lincoln County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
19014594
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
16 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 39 23

Immediate family

Members
William B. Smith (father)
Alberta Smith (mother)
Evelyn Smith (sister)
Everett Smith (brother)
Raymond Smith (brother)

More information

Pfc Harold L. Smith was a lumberman before he joined the Regular Army at Vancouver Barracks, Washington on 7 September 1940. He was sent overseas in November 1942.

In August 1943, he was wounded in action in Sicily by artillery shell fragments to his leg.

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