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Personal info

Full name
SMITH, Marvin E
Date of birth
9 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Howard County, Arkansas
Hometown
Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38474616
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
G 12 20

Immediate family

Members
George W. Smith (father)
Emma E. Smith (mother)
Irma D. Smith (sister)
Billie F. Smith (brother)
Dorothy L. Smith (sister)
Bobby W. Smith (brother)
Georgia M. Smith (sister)

More information

Sgt. Marvin E. Smith was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

At the time of his death, the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the vicinity of Pommérieux, France. The exact date when he was reported wounded in action and the location where he died is not known.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / WWII Draft Card, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

 Photo source:-, Van Zandt County Genalogy website