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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, John David
Date of birth
10 November 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Meriwether County, Georgia
Hometown
Hogansville, Troup County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34835363
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 21 22

Immediate family

Members
H. Fletcher Smith (father)
Sallie Smith (mother)
Barto Smith (brother)
Robert Smith (brother)
William Smith (brother)
Jewel Smith (sister)
Ada T. Smith (wife)

More information

Pvt. John D. Smith worked in a factory before he enlisted at Fort Mc Pherson, Georgia on 26 January 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920 Census / Georgia WWII Draft registration Cards / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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