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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, La Rue A
Date of birth
7 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Renovo, Clinton County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Renovo, Clinton County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33768695
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
30 April 1945
Place of death
Near Munich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 32 34

Immediate family

Members
Millard N. Smith (father)
Pearl B. Smith (mother)
Frances A. Smith (sister)

More information

Pfc La Rue A. Smith attended high school for 4 years and was a welder before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 6 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Robert S. Cox, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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